Revise Edit STAAR

What would be the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• I just read two great books about dolphins, but I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books since I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books about dolphins, and I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books about dolphins, so I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

What change should be made to sentence 6?

• Move in icy water after middle

• Change so to even though

• Insert a comma after winter

• Insert a comma after them

How should sentence 10 be changed?

• Change its to their

• Insert a comma after teeth

• Change transport to transported

• Change their to there

How does sentence 20 need to be changed?

• Change believe to beleive

• Change be to have been

• Delete the comma

• Insert a colon after this

Choose the best written sentence.

(a)  

• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; consequently, the dog escaped from the yard.

• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; however, the dog escaped from the yard.

• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; furthermore, the dog escaped from the yard.

Choose the correctly written sentence.

• His tablet fallen on the ground and cracked.

• His tablet fell on the ground and cracked.

• His tablet fell on the ground, and cracked.

I look ahead to see a blurry tunnel approaching at what must be about 60 miles an hour. I wonder briefly what it would feel like to hit the roof of the tunnel at this speed and decide that it’s probably better not to think of such things. A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me and returns my focus to the world around me. What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream, and from the car behind me, it returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me, it came from the car behind me.

• A shrill scream from the car behind me snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me, returning my focus to the world around me

What is the best way to revise the following sentence? 'The cat sat on the mat, it was very comfortable.'

• A) The cat sat on the mat, and it was very comfortable.

• B) The cat sat on the mat; it was very comfortable.

• C) The cat sat on the mat because it was very comfortable.

• D) The cat sat on the mat, it was very comfortable.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• A) Neither of the boys have done their homework.

• B) Neither of the boys has done their homework.

• C) Neither of the boys have done his homework.

• D) Neither of the boys has done his homework.

Choose the sentence that uses the correct form of the verb.

• A) She lay the book on the table before leaving.

• B) She laid the book on the table before leaving.

• C) She lain the book on the table before leaving.

• D) She lays the book on the table before leaving.