Language Arts STAAR Review

Although Cynthia thinks the lecture will be superfluous, her mother believes it will help prepare her for the future. What does "superfluous" mean?

• Difficult

• Unnecessary

• Interesting

• Beneficial

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Choose the best way to write this sentence: Falling out of the tree and got hurt leg.

• Us fell out of the tree and got hurt.

• Henry fell out of the tree and hurt his leg.

• Henry fell out of the tree and hurts his leg.

• Best as is.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which is correct?

• All of the students at our school also attends tutoring sessions.

• The boys in gym class is coached by Mr. Winn.

• Everyone was happy when Mr. Kelly started teaching math.

• Other teachers was glad to meet Mr. Kelly as well.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the correct capitalization.

• I went to see the movie, gone with the wind.

• I read the book, the diary of Anne Frank.

• I wrote an article about Baseball and Basketball.

• I read the play, Our Town, in school last year.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

I walked to the mall, I bought a pair of pants. Which punctuation correctly completes the sentence?

• mall; I

• mall I

• mall—I

• Correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The teacher will __________ whether or not Tom receives a detention.

• expect

• allow

• individualize

• determine

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sentence is an example of an EXCLAMATORY sentence?

• Please put away your clothes before you leave.

• Hurray! It's your birthday!

• We are going out to lunch on Saturday.

• What is your favorite thing to do in the summer time?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

CCSS.L.5.1A

Identify the ADJECTIVES in the sentence. The girl wearing the yellow dress held the small, gray kitten.

• girl, wearing, dress

• dress, held, kitten

• the, girl, held

• yellow, small, gray

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Identify the correct use of an apostrophe of the underlined word.

My sisters dog always barks when the doorbell rings.

• sisters'

• sister's

• siste'rs

• sisters's

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which of the following shows the correct use of quotation marks?

• "Are you excited for your trip to New York City?" Bobby asked.

• Are you excited for your trip to New York City? "Bobby asked."

• "Are you excited for your trip to New York City? Bobby asked."

• "Are you excited for your trip to New York City"? Bobby asked.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D