STAAR Revising and Editing

Which of the following is correct?

• "I want to eat cheetos," Jane Said.
• "I want to eat Cheetos" Jane said.
• "I want to eat Cheetos" Jane Said.
• "I want to eat Cheetos," Jane said.

Which word SHOULD NOT be capitalized because it is a common noun?

• Flower
• Dallas
• Texas
• Hurricane Harbor

What noun is supposed to be capitalized because it is proper?

• lake michigan
• crayons
• markers
• jump

What is the best way to join these two sentences:

The movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie. So I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• Because the movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie, therefore I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• The movie theater was packed full of people, excited to see the new Star Wars movie, I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• The movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie, so I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• So I decided to go see Transformers instead, because the movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie.

I would rather die ____ eat a salad for dinner.

• then
• than

"__________ responsible for the mess in this kitchen?" Mom yelled.

• Whose
• Who's

What correction should we make to this sentence?

"I'll be outside if you need to find me" she yelled at her mother.

• Change mother to Mother

• Change I'll to I'ma

• Add a comma after me

• Add a period aft

What change needs to be made to this sentence?

"Hi dad," Peter said as his father walked in the door.

• Change father to Father

• Change dad to Dad

  (because in this sentence it's used as a proper noun).

• Add a comma after father

• No change needs to be made

Every time you see a conjunction, you use a comma.

(These are your FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

• True, any time those conjunctions are used.

• False, only when connecting two independent clauses.

Choose the best conjunction to join the sentence pair.
We can ask directions. We can use a map. 

• and
• but
• or
• because