Adjectives & Adverbs
Sentence Structure (Sentence Bad Guys)
Verb Tense and Subject-Verb Agreement
Punctuation
Capitalization
100

He sang much (well, better, best) than she did.

What is better?

100

After taking the RLA STAAR test. (fragment, comma splice, run-on, or no error)

What is fragment?

100
Beth (is, are) Tom's partner.
What is "is"?
100
It was a hot humid day.
What is a comma between hot and humid? (It was a hot, humid day.)
100
Al gore was vice president in the year 2000.
What is Gore?
200

My dog is (furrier, more furrier) than yours.

What is furrier?

200

The RLA STAAR test is next week. (fragment, comma splice, run-on, or no error)

What is no error?

200

Valerie passed the test, but Jerome (fails, failed) the test.

What is "failed"?

200

Among all the cars, theirs is the newest.

What is NOTHING IS NEEDED?

200
I wrote to senator Smith about the proposed law.
What is senator?
300

He paddled (swift, swiftly) through the current.

What is swiftly?

300

Next week, you will take the RLA STAAR test, it is important that you do your best. (fragment, comma splice, run-on, or no error)

What is comma splice?

300
All of you (is, are) suspects in the criminal investigation.
What is "are"?
300
Theres nothing wrong with that.
What is an apostrophe in the first word? (There's nothing wrong with that.)
300
Mike lives on Madison street in brooklyn.
What are Street and Brooklyn?
400
My clock shows the (correct, correctly) time.
What is correct?
400

Students that use their test taking strategies. (fragment, comma splice, run-on, or no error)

What is fragment?

400
After seeing the big dog, John (ran, run) away.
What is "ran"?
400
The middle school is very demanding students must study hard to do well.
What is a semicolon between demanding and students? (The middle school is very demanding; students must study hard to do well.)
400

I went to the iowa state fair last year.

What are Iowa, State, and Fair?

500
The finished product looks (good, well).
What is good?
500

Students should use strategies when taking their RLA STAAR test it will help them do better. (fragment, comma splice, run-on, or no error)

What is run-on?

500
The play, which consists of four acts, (is, are) very entertaining.
What is "is"?
500
The tallest boy whose name is Greg is 12 years old.
What is "The tallest boy, whose name is Greg, is 12 years old"?
500
You should write to your state senator about the proposed law.
What is NOTHING IS NEEDED?
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