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.

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

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

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

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

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• sitting on
• on
• line

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

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• Marge, was
• Marge,
• Marge being

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

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

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,

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.