STAAR Practice Revise and Edit Questions (Adjectives & Articles)

(1) The extras workers were helpful when we were building the roof.

How should sentence 1 be changed?

• Change extras to extra

• Change were to was

• Change helpful to help

• Delete when

(2) The students pointed a beauty painting during their summer camp.

How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Change painted to painting

• Change beauty to beautiful

• Change their to his

• Change summer to Summer

(3) While my curiously friends were at STEM classes, they studied a very interesting reptile.

How should sentence 3 be changed?

• Delete While

• Change curiously to curious

• Delete the comma

• Change interesting to interest

(4) This nice weather make me want to go outside and play a fun sport.

How should sentence 4 be changed?

• Change This to Those

• Change nice to nicely

• Change make to makes

• Delete and

(1) He is one of the most-viewed creators on YouTube. (2) He is well known for his expensive and time consuming stunts. (3) These stunts catch the attention of millions of viewers on a weekly basis.

Bridgett would like to include the topic of the selection in her central idea. Which sentence would best replace sentence 1?

• You can find many popular creators on YouTube.

• That's why he is one of the most-viewed creators on YouTube.

• Mr. Beast is one of the most-viewed creators on YouTube.

• One of my favorite things to do while I relax is to watch YouTube.

(4) Mr. Beast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, grew up in North Carolina. (5) However, his video did not gain much attention. (6) But this did not discourage him. (7) He continued posting videos that he thought might attract a large audience.

Sentence 4 and 5 do not connect well. Which sentence should Bridgette add after sentence 4 to better help her paragraph's coherence?

• At the age of 13, on February of 2012, he uploaded his first YouTube video.

• North Carolina is a state that is located in the West Coast of the United States.

• Jimmy Donaldson is Mrs. Beast's real name.

• Mr. Beast enjoys giving away huge prizes that are worth a lot of money.

(8) Eventually on January 2017, he posted his first viral video. (9) This took him a total of 44 hours to accomplish. (10) This was his ticket to success. (11) By the end of November of 2017, he had reached 1 million subscribers.

Bridgett would like to insert a sentence that follows and supports sentence 8. Which of the following sentences would best follow sentence 8?

• Every creator on YouTube dreams of their posting going viral.

• He posted his viral video on the 17th of January.

• In this video he filmed himself counting all the way to 100, 000.

• The video too 44 hours to complete.