2. Baseball Challenge! 4 th Grade Writing TAKS Practice

3. Today’s Game is pitched by Ms. Johnson’s 4th Grade Writing TAKS Practice

4. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Batter Up! SingleDoubleTripleHomer 1111 2222 3333 4444 5555 6666 7777 8888 9999 10 11 12 13

5. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #1 –Things have been realy busy around here. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Change realy to really * * Change busy to buzy * * Change here to hear * * Make no change *

6. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #2 – I’ll call you soon, and we can have the bestest talk ever! What change should be made in this sentence? * Change bestest to best * * Change you to they * * Change soon to sooner * * Change bestest to most best *

7. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #3 – They had eight musicians, including someone who played both the trumpet and the clarinet. The meaning of this sentence can be improved by changing They to – * The band * My parents * Someone* * Them *

8. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #4 – The first place I would go is the great pyramids. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Make no change * * Change great pyramids to Great Pyramids * * Change great to grate * * Change first to First *

9. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #5 – It is incredible to beleive that these huge pyramids were built thousands and thousands of years ago. What change should be made in this sentence? * Change beleive to believe * * Change these to thees * Change incredible to increduble * * Change thousands to thousand *

10. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #6 – Just like mice, bats have fur, ears a nose, and a mouth with sharp, tiny teeth. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence * Add a comma after ears* *Take out the comma after sharp* *Change teeth to tooths* *Make no change*

11. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #7 – You can see all sorts of wild animals when you takes a boat ride on the Nile. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Change takes to take * Make no change * Change sorts to sort * Change see to saw *

12. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #8 – There’s no light, but they dont’ run into things because of the sounds they send out when they fly. What change should be made in this sentence? * Change dont’ to don’t * Change there’s to theirs * Change send to sent * Take out the comma after light *

13. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #9 – The sounds bounce off the things in front of them and then goes back to the bats’ ears like echoes. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Change goes to go * Add a comma after them * *Make no change * Change bats’ to bats *

14. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #10 – When she joined our troop, all the girls and me asked her a lot of questions about Hawaii. What change should be made in this sentence? * Change me to I * Change joined to joinned * *Change asked to ask * *Take out the comma after troop *

15. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #11 – The most newest girl in my Girl Scout troop is Mariana. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Change most newest to newest * Add a comma after troop * Make no change * Change Mariana to mariana *

16. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #12 – We told her that we hopped her mother could teach us the hula one day. What change should be made in this sentence? * Change hopped to hoped * *Change us to we* * Add a comma after her * Change the period to a question mark *

17. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #13 – The artists show his art in booths. What change should be made in this sentence? * Change his the their * Change artists to Artists * Change The to These * Change booths to boths *.

18. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Fly Ball! It’s Caught! You’re Out! Next Batter!

19. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs It’s a Hit! Base Run Single! Next Batter!

20. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #1 – Their big skirts twirl with brite colors. * Change brite to bright * Change colors to colores * Make no Change * Change the period after colors to a question mark *

21. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #2 – I like football, ______ I’ll buy tickets for the next game. Which word would fit BEST in the sentence? *so**so* * and * but * because *

22. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #3 – The lion is known as the king of the jungle _____ it is very strong and fierce. * because * and* but * so *

23. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #4 – It would make more sense that way. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? * Make no change * Change way to weigh * Change would to wood * Change sense to cents *

24. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #5 – Shouldn’t our girl’s teams have a different mascot? What change should be made in this sentence? * Change girl’s to girls ’* * Change shouldn’t to shouldn’t ’* * Change teams to team’s ’* * Change mascot to mascot’s *

25. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #6 – We went fishing at the lake, ________ saw some beautiful boats. Which word would fit BEST in the sentence? * and * because * so * but *

26. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #7 – Bob had fun riding his bike on the mountain roads, _____when he got home his legs were very sore. Which word would fit BEST in the sentence? * but * because * so * and *

27. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #8 – I had a great time the first time I went skating, _____ I will probably do it again. Which word would fit BEST in the sentence? * so * because * but * and *

28. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #9 – Sara won the soccer award _________ she practiced a lot. Which word would fit BEST in the sentence? * because * so * but * and *

29. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #10 – Another city that was once capital of Tennessee was? *Kingston* *Atlanta*

30. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #11 –Who was an abolitionist who led an attack on Harper's Ferry? *John Brown* *Paul Revere*

31. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #12 – Who won the Presidential election of 1860? *Abraham Lincoln* *George Washington*

32. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #13 – What was the first state to secede from the Union? *South Carolina* *Tennessee*

33. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Pop Up Center Field! It’s Caught! Two Outs! Next Batter!

34. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs It’s a Hit! Base Run Double! Next Batter!

35. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #1 – The rights that all Americans should have are? *Civil Rights* *The Bill of Rights*

36. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #2 – This amendment guarantees freedom of speech? *1st* *5th*

37. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #3 – This amendment protects you from incriminating yourself? *5th* *1st*

38. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #4 – This amendment guarantees you a trial by your peers? *7th* *5th*

39. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #5 – This amendment gives you the right to own a gun? *2nd* *1st*

40. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #6 – This amendment guarantees freedom of religion? *1st* *2nd*

41. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #7 – The introduction to the Constitution is called the? *Preamble* *Bill of Rights*

42. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #8 – This document was a letter addressed to the King of England stating that the colonies wanted to be free? *The Declaration of Independence* *The Constitution*

43. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #9 – Which of the following is an example of economic independence? *people growing their own food* *importing goods from other countries*

44. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #10 – Which of the following contributed to the Stock Market crash of 1929? *banks buying and selling bank stocks* *people investing in the stock market*

45. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #11 – During the Great Depression…? *many people lost their jobs* *many people had jobs*

46. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #12 – Hoovervilles were during which time period? *The Great Depression* *World War I*

47. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #13 – What war did the bombing of Pearl Harbor get American involved in? *World War II* *World War I*

48. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Ground Ball! Thrown to Base! Two Outs! Next Batter!

49. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs It’s a Triple Base Hit! Next Batter!

50. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #1 – Someone who buys goods is a? *consumer* *producer*

51. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #2 – How can a bill that passed in Congress NOT become a law? *the President vetoes it* *the states veto it*

52. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #3 – Ghost towns were formed when? *mines ran out of gold and silver* *Native Americans attacked the settlers*

53. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #4 – The vertical lines on a map are called? *longitude* *latitude*

54. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #5 – Why is democracy referred to as self- government? *people elect representatives to make decisions for them* *the government runs itself*

55. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #6 – Why did President Hoover drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? *to save the lives of American soldiers by ending the war* *as revenge for Pearl Harbor and to win votes in the election*

56. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #7 – What is economics? *The study of the production and distribution of goods and services* *The study of past events and the impact they’ve had on people*

57. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #8 – The 15 th amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave the right to vote to whom? *black americans* *women*

58. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #9 – The 19 th amendment granted the right to vote to whom? *women* *non citizens*

59. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #10 – The government can NEVER take your rights way. *false* *true*

60. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #11 – Because of our system of checks and balances, Congress can override which of the following? *a Presidential veto* *a Supreme Court decision*

61. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #12 – What was the cause of the Korean War? *North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism* *South Korea attacked North Korea to stop communism*

62. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #13 – Which of the following did the Cold War involve? *an arms race* *a battle in Germany*

63. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Fly Ball! It’s Caught! Three Outs! Next Batter!

64. Visitor Home Inning 123456789 Total Home First Third Second Outs Out of the Ball Park! Home Run! Next Batter!

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