MAEP English II

Michael Prince went up to the podium with his speech I wasn’t prepared for the flood of emotion.

• NO CHANGE
• speech, which
• speech that
• speech.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

We took the long route around the lake, but after about an hour, we saw the campus about three blocks away. Exhausted and sweaty, jogging back to our dorm.

• NO CHANGE
• to jog
• having to jog
• we jogged

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

As we drove away from the city, dozens of evacuation sirens booming loudly from the city center.

• NO CHANGE
•  sirens, which boomed
• sirens that boomed
• sirens boomed

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

My boys don’t need to be reminded to show respect to their elders they know that.

• NO CHANGE
• elders they already know
• elders; they know
• elders; knowing

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Books by Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and other modernist writers along the shelves.

• NO CHANGE
• sitting on
• on
• line

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

My mother, Marge having been the oldest of all her siblings and cousins.

• NO CHANGE
• Marge, was
• Marge,
• Marge being

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Gilligan likes goofing off. The Skipper really tries to fix things.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. off, while the Skipper
• C. off; the Skipper
• D. off the

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

It occurred to me that my rushed manner of speeding through my chapter reading was not the most effective way to study for my history test.

• NO CHANGE
• my hurried way of rushing
• my rush in haste
• rushing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Underwater explorer Jaques Cousteau, exploring under the sea, would go on to develop the first open-circuit underwater breathing regulator tank called the “aqua-lung.”

• NO CHANGE
• Cousteau
• Cousteau—who was exploring under the sea—
• Cousteau, explorer of the sea,

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Even in his youth, Ming’s parents knew his art was extraordinary and destined for prestigious acclaim.

• A. NO CHANGE
• renowned fame.
• prestigious recognition.
• acclaim.