STAAR Edit and Revise

Me and my brother went over there because they had lots of different board games to play! 
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?

• Change me and my brother to my brother and I

• change lots to lot's

• change there to their

• no change is needed

We've got to go quickly, said his mother.
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?

• change we've to we'll

• change quickly to quick

• insert quotation marks after quickly

• no change is needed

What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?

• change sunrise to sun  rise 

• change beautiful to beautifull

• change lite to light 

• no change is needed

the little girl was quite excited to go shopping at the mall with her grandmother. 
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?

• change the to The

• change quite to quiet

• change grandmother to Grandmother

• no change is needed

What correction can be made to the following sentence?

Kaitlyn and Todd played in the treehouse

• Changed played to play

• Change Kaitlyn to kaitlyn

• Add a period after treehouse

• Change the to a

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.

Because Mariah always told them about her day, they were shocked when they didn’t hear from her. Which sentence below provides more clarity?

• Change they to her parents

• Change shocked to surprised

• Change day to it

• Change always to usually

I watched the movie before I read the book and it ruined the book for me.

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Insert a comma before and

• Change watched to watch

• Change ruined to runed

• Insert a comma after movie

These animals have learned to live among the grasses and flowers of the wide open prairie. The meaning of the sentence is unclear. What could the writer change to improve the clarity of the sentence?

• Change These animals to Coyote, deer, and bison

• Change live to survive

• Change wide to large

• Change among to around

The researchers discovered that the pizza has more nourishment then the hamburger.

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change then to than

• Change nourishment to norishment

• Change discovered to discover

• No change needs to be made in the sentence