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Out of this World: STAAR Released Questions!
It's all about Revision!
To Fix or Not to Fix
Sentence Variety
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How should sentence 7 be changed? A human pest-control technician might not spot the first few bed bugs or termites in a house, but Jumpin’ Jack Flash, a bedbug-sniffing terrier from Pennsylvania, can smell it! F Change pest-control technician to Pest-Control Technician G Delete the comma after house H Delete but J Change it to them
J
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What is the best transition to use between (1) The dog was mean. (2) It was cute. What is the best transition to use in sentence (2). A) However B) In conclusion C) For example D) Next
A
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To Fix or Not to Fix: My Mother was kind.
To Fix: My mother was kind. or Mother was kind.
100
What are the three types of sentences?
Simple, Compound and Complex
100
The controlling idea for your paper.
Thesis
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How should sentence 15 be changed? (15) Research shows that a dog’s sense of smell can be 1,000 times more powerful than a Person’s. F Change sense to scents G Change than to then H Change Person’s to person’s J Sentence 15 does not need to be changed.
H
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What is the BEST way to revise the following sentence? The teacher was tired of all the stuff her students left behind. A) change tired to exhausted B) change her students to the students C) change stuff to pencils, trash and other belongings D) change left behind to left in the room
C
200
To Fix or Not to Fix: Since I am going to school, which is the only private school in town I have a small graduating class.
To Fix: Since I am going to school, which is the only private school in town, I have a small graduating class.
200
Which sentence is correctly punctuated? A) The teacher is kind, that spent extra time helping me. B) The teacher, who is kind, spent extra time helping me. C) The teacher is kind and she spent extra time helping me. D) The teacher is kind, she spent extra time helping me.
B
200
True or False: You should include a title for your essay and skip lines between paragraphs.
False
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What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 11? (11) “Trust me” says Jack’s owner A Insert a comma after me B Change Jack’s to Jacks’ C Insert quotation marks after the period D No change needs to be made in this sentence.
A
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What is the BEST revision to be made to the following sentences. Spring weather is beautiful. It should be forbidden to stay indoors all day. A) Spring weather is beautiful so it should be forbidden to stay indoors all day. B) Because we stay indoors all day, spring weather is beautiful. C) Spring weather is so beautiful, but it should be forbidden to stay indoors all day. D) Since spring weather is so beautiful, it should be forbidden to stay indoors all day.
D
300
To Fix or Not to Fix: The teacher was smart; but he did not like when we misbehaved.
To Fix: The teacher was smart, but he did not like when we misbehaved.
300
What is the best way to combine the following sentences? The dog is cute. Her fluffy fur makes her precious. A) The dog is cute, her fluffy fur makes her precious. B) The dog is cute and, her fluffy fur makes her precious. C) The dog is cute and her fluffy fur makes her precious. D) The dog is cute; her fluffy fur makes her precious.
D
300
What is the purpose of an expository text?
To explain
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What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 21? (21) Allergen-sniffing dogs can now help some of these people live safer, less worrisome lifes. F Insert a comma after people G Change safer to safely H Change lifes to lives J No change needs to be made.
H
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On the STAAR Revising and Editing test, what is the difference in revising questions vs. editing questions?
Editing is fixing. There is some sort of grammar error. Revising is making improvements. There doesn't have to be an error to make a revision.
400
To Fix or Not to Fix: It was not suprise that the teacher loved summer vacation.
To Fix: It was no surprise that the teacher loved summer vacation.
400
Name all of the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS).
For And Nor But Yet So
400
First 1st person POV should be limited in expository writing. Name two situations 1st person POV is acceptable.
Using a personal example and Voice
500
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30? (30) The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress. A Change arrangements to arangements B Change is causing to are causing C Change a lot to alot D Make no change
B
500
What is the BEST transition that could be placed at the start of sentence (2)? (1) The teacher loved writing and sharing that passion with her students. (2) The students grew as writers. A) However B) As a result C) For example D) Finally
B
500
To Fix or Not to Fix: The dog that was fluffy ate my sofa pillow.
Not to Fix
500
What needs to be changed about the following sentence? I am going to sleep after I finish all of my grading. A) I am going to sleep, after I finish all of my grading. B) I am going to sleep; after I finish all of my grading. C) I am going to sleep, after, I finish all of my grading. D) No change.
D You do not use a comma when the dependent clause is second. You would need a comma if the sentence read: After I finish all of my grading, I am going to sleep.
500
Your answer to the prompt is considered your __________.
Thesis