Part 1 STAAR Review English EOC

What part of the essay do we start first on the STAAR test?

Quit wasting time, or you will get left behind.

The candle winked at me from the bedside table.

Peter picks a peck of pickle peppers.

Students would tape shows and could be played later on speakers in the lunchroom.

She looked at me and sadly smiled.

The wind kissed my face as I sat outside reading my book.

Yellowstone National Park has more than a hundred different species, and many different rivers.

Then maybe they would be able to get more people at them student council meeting.

Last night I worked on my project at my friend Mirandas house.

The car zoomed past the people at the bus stop.

The engine screamed as it worked to get uphill.

A committee ____ policy in all matters of evaluation.

The boy told his teacher that he did notperform ____ in the concert because hewas sick.

What type of essay will you be writing on the English II STAAR?

____ Jake and Mariela have to work tonight?

Until you visit Yellowstone National Park, you haven't lived.

We, the entire student body, ____ the school colors to remain red and blue.

What must every paragraph start with?

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

"I'm going to die from all this homework!"

Why hadn't the rest of the students came today?

Your future is as bright as the sun.

I often think of Andra and ____.

That was a ____ good milkshake.

You need to invest your money while you are young, or else you may never be able to retire.

Sally said to me that Peter put the roses on the table.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Do you want to go to the beach with my sister and ______?

Of the three sweaters, I like the red one____.

But what if the announcements are exciting.

A dark river of hair runs down her back.

"They're not here because they forgot about the meeting" she said.

"Get away from me", she said in a loud whisper.

What is editing?

He runs like a cheetah.

Love is slow torture.

At lunch I want to send time with my friends. We talk.

What is revising?

You can't have your cake and eat it, too.