STAAR Blitz Preperation

Going over STAAR Blitz with including analysis, key concepts for acing the staar english, with flash cards for those concepts.

Combine sentences 1 and 2.

(1) The pitcher threw the ball. (2) The batter hit it far into the outfield.

(compound)

The pitcher threw the ball, and the batter hit it far into the outfield.

How would you improve this sentence to make it into a complex sentence?

The project was difficult but we finished it anyway.

Although the project was difficult, we finished it anyway.

Combine sentences 1 and 2.

(1) The boys went to the park. (2) The girls went to the park.

(simple)

The boys and girls went to the park.

Combine sentences 1 and 2.

(1) Mr. Henderson is my favorite science teacher. (2) He showed us how to make a volcano erupt yesterday.

(appositive)

Mr. Henderson, my favorite science teacher, showed us how to make a volcano erupt yesterday.

Why is this sentence incorrect?

I don’t like to drink grape juice very much; as a child I threw it up when I was sick.

There is one incomplete clause, the second clause.

Make this sentence grammatically correct using a complex sentence.

I don’t like to drink grape juice very much; as a child I threw it up when I was sick.

I don’t like to drink grape juice very much because as a child I threw it up when I was sick.

Make this sentence grammatically correct using a appositive sentence.

I don’t like to drink grape juice very much; as a child I threw it up when I was sick.

I don’t like to drink grape juice very much, as when I was a child, I threw it up when I was sick.

In complex sentences, you can use subordinating conjunction, but what makes it wrong if you use it incorrectly?

using a subordinating conjunction but not completing the sentence.

What is wrong with this sentence that does not make it a complex sentence?

Because the rain was falling so heavily on the old tin roof.

It starts with because and does not continue the thought.

What is wrong with this sentence that doesn’t make it a compound sentence?
They turned left down a street called Marston, it was lined with very old houses.

They turned left down a street called Marston, and it was lined with very old houses.