7th Grade Writing STAAR Preparation

Question 1

What should you do the night before the test?

Accepted Answer

Get a good night's sleep

Question 2

When answering the multiple choice questions, read every answer choice before choosing one.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Before turning in your test, you should do what?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Correct the sentence: Poor eating habits has have negative effects on people today.

Accepted Answer

Change has have to have had

Question 5

The young boy led his schoolmates in songs because rescuers worked to free them

Accepted Answer

Replace because with while

Question 6

What needs to be changed? The falcons make there nests on the cliffs in Zion National Park.

Accepted Answer

Change there to their

Question 7

You know_____all about the effort you put in.

Accepted Answer

It's

Question 8

Choose the correct sentence below...

Accepted Answer

Mary, pass me those colorful sheets of paper.

Question 9

Change it? The wolves were diging up the tree’s roots, and they caused many trees to die.

Accepted Answer

Change diging to digging

Question 10

Your needed in the office!

Accepted Answer

ChangeYour to You're

Question 11

What do you do if you can't spell a word and can't find it in the dictionary?

Accepted Answer

Spell it like it sounds to the best of your ability.

Question 12

Which is the correct sentence?

Accepted Answer

We went to the carnival last weekend.

Question 13

How much time will you be given to complete the STAAR test?

Accepted Answer

4 hours

Question 14

What part of the prompt specifies the topic?

Accepted Answer

the "WRITE" section

Question 15

After you get clearance from the tower you'll head to the runway.

Accepted Answer

Add a comma (,) after tower

Question 16

When you are editing a paragraph or essay, you are....

Accepted Answer

Correcting mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation

Question 17

On test day, you may raise your hand and ask the teacher to read the prompt to you.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What kind of essay will you be expected to write on the STAAR test?

Accepted Answer

expository

Question 19

What should the focus of an expository essay be?

Accepted Answer

the topic specified in the prompt

Question 20

What should you do the morning of the test?

Accepted Answer

Eat a good breakfast with protein

Question 21

Is there a difference between revising and editing?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 22

_________heads are packed with all the right answers.

Accepted Answer

Their

Question 23

He's_____ cool for school.

Accepted Answer

Too

Question 24

All sentences have a preposition - true or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

The dog wagged______stubby little tail.

Accepted Answer

Its

Question 26

The Writing STAAR test will consist of revising and editing questions as well as an essay.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

I have____words for you: the end.

Accepted Answer

Two

Question 28

You should rush through the test as fast as you can, so you can sleep afterwards.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

When revising a paragraph or essay, you are.....

Accepted Answer

Making changes to help the focus and clarity of your writing

Question 30

Which steps are listed correctly for writing your composition?

Accepted Answer

Brainstorm, rough draft, revise and edit, final copy

Question 31

What should be included in the introductory paragraph of an expository essay?

Accepted Answer

topic, controlling idea and main ideas of the composition

Question 32

What are all of the main ideas related to?

Accepted Answer

controlling idea

Question 33

my heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.

Accepted Answer

Change my to My

Question 34

What should the writer know to prevent too many errors?

Accepted Answer

spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar usage rules

Question 35

What resources are you allowed to use on the day of the STAAR test?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 36

Your brain helps you breath, keeps your heart beating, and directs your stomach to digest food.

Accepted Answer

Change breath to breathe

Question 37

How many lines are you given to write your essay?

Accepted Answer

26

Question 38

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

Emma and Abby went to Starbucks.

Question 39

(1)Many people are vandalizing our national parks.(2)The park rangers have stepped up security.

Accepted Answer

Add transition word As a result before sentence 2

Question 40

After which of the following words, would you find the prompt that you are writing about?

Accepted Answer

After the WRITE portion

7th Grade Writing STAAR Preparation

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7th Grade Writing STAAR Preparation

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