STAAR Review and Edit

Should you read passages that tell you to make "edits" or "corrections?"

• Yes. There may be questions about the main idea of the text.

• Yes. It is fun to read them.

• No. These passages are not required to correctly answer editing questions.

• No. It will be boring.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 36?

• Change that to this

• Change takes to take

• Insert a comma after patience

• Change then to than

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made in sentence 31?

• Change We to Because we

• Insert a comma after surprised

• Change became to become

• Sentence 31 should not be changed.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 36?

• Change that to this

• Change takes to take

• Insert a comma after patience

• Change then to than

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: 'Neither the teacher nor the students was ready for the surprise test.'

• The subject-verb agreement is incorrect.

• The use of 'neither' is incorrect.

• The sentence is correct as it is.

• The use of 'for' is incorrect.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Choose the correct synonym for the word 'elated'.

• Sad

• Joyful

• Angry

• Confused

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• I went to the store, and bought some milk.

• I went to the store and bought some milk.

• I went to the store; and bought some milk.

• I went to the store: and bought some milk.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the main theme of the passage?

• Friendship

• Betrayal

• Courage

• Loneliness

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

In the sentence 'She ran quickly to catch the bus,' what part of speech is the word 'quickly'?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb?

• She don't like ice cream.

• She doesn't likes ice cream.

• She doesn't like ice cream.

• She don't likes ice cream.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C