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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

• expect

• allow

• individualize

• determine

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?

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

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

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.