STAAR RLA Grade 7

Question 1

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

The gym is always empty after school.

Question 2

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

Forty names

Question 3

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

Every time

Question 4

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

It shows the gym was not empty that day, so "always" is too strong.

Question 5

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

"Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Question 6

Keir's letter said, "The gym is always empty after school." The advisor turned the sign-in clipboard around. Tuesday's page had forty names.

"Always means every time," the advisor said. "One full page already breaks that word. Say what the page shows, not more than it shows."

Keir crossed out "always empty" and wrote, "Tuesday's sheet lists 40 people after school."

Accepted Answer

What the page shows, and nothing beyond it

Question 7

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

When the stage clock reads 6:00

Question 8

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

5:55

Question 9

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

It is five minutes slow.

Question 10

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

The stage clock

Question 11

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

Rin was waiting for the phone to catch up to 6:00.

Question 12

Rehearsal began when the stage clock read 6:00. Rin's phone still said 5:55. Rin stayed in the hallway, waiting for the phone to catch up.

Ms. Ortega pointed at the stage clock. "That is the clock we start by. Your phone is five minutes slow." The cast was already on the marks.

Rin set the phone aside. The next night, when the stage clock hit 6:00, Rin walked in even though the phone still showed 5:55.

Accepted Answer

Walked in, even though the phone showed 5:55

Question 13

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

Age

Question 14

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

A cut cable

Question 15

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

It gives a cause the inspection did not give.

Question 16

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

The finding in the footnote

Question 17

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

"Inspectors found a cut cable."

Question 18

The article's first sentence said, "The bridge collapsed from age." A footnote at the bottom said, "Inspectors found a cut cable."

Editor Vidal underlined the first sentence. "Age is a cause the inspection did not give. The footnote has the finding. The sentence should follow the finding."

The revised sentence read, "Inspectors found a cut cable." The footnote stayed, with the same words, so a reader could see where the fact came from.

Accepted Answer

So a reader could see where the fact came from

Question 19

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

Weigh, then dry, then weigh again

Question 20

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

The weight before drying

Question 21

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

He dried the sample before weighing it.

Question 22

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

The wet weight was already gone, so he had nothing to subtract from.

Question 23

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

He wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight.

Question 24

The lab card listed three steps in order: weigh the sample, dry it, weigh it again. The first number was the "before." The second was the "after."

Yusuf dried the sample before he weighed it. When he looked for the before number, the wet weight was already gone. He could not subtract to find what the drying removed.

He started a new sample. This time he wrote the wet weight first, then dried it, then wrote the dry weight under it.

Accepted Answer

The before and after numbers can be compared only if the wet weight was saved.

Question 25

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

3 miles

Question 26

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

The fork is at 3 miles, and the overlook is 1 mile past that.

Question 27

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

4 miles

Question 28

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

Her bottle was nearly empty, and the overlook was still a mile ahead.

Question 29

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

At the fork

Question 30

A poster at the trailhead said, "Overlook, 3 miles." Greta filled one bottle and started walking.

The trail log at the ranger box told a longer story. "3 miles to the fork. 1 mile more from the fork to the overlook." The poster had stopped at the fork.

Greta reached the fork with the bottle nearly empty. The overlook was still a mile ahead. She turned back and later wrote on her map, "Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Accepted Answer

"Poster: 3 to the fork. Full walk: 4."

Question 31

The draft said, "The lunch is terrible, and the survey agrees." Under that line was a table: 120 of 200 students wanted different fruit.

Editor Marsh split the paragraph. "You may say the lunch is terrible. That sentence is yours. The survey does not say terrible. It says 120 of 200 wanted different fruit."