E n g L i s h jenni Currie Santamaria

them up.
1908 Version
Katie Casey was baseball mad, 
Had the fever and had it bad. 
Just to root for the home town crew, 
Ev’ry sou 
Katie blew. 
On a Saturday her young beau 
Called to see if she’d like to go 
To see a show, but Miss Kate said “No, 
I’ll tell you what you can do:”
Chorus:
Take me out to the ball game, 
Take me out with the crowd; 
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, 
I don’t care if I never get back. 
Let me root, root, root for the home team, 
If they don’t win, it’s a shame. 
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, 
At the old ball game.
Katie Casey saw all the games, 
Knew the players by t
heir irst names. 
Told the umpire he was wrong, 
All along, 
Good and strong. 
When the score was just two to two, 
Katie Casey knew what to do, 
Just to cheer up the boys she knew, 
She made the gang sing this song:
[repeat chorus]
III. COMPREHENSION CHECK
Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).
____
1.
Katie wanted to go to a show with her boyfriend.
____ 2.
She wanted to cheer for her home team.
____ 3.
She went to a lot of baseball games.
____ 4.
She disagreed with the umpire.
____ 5.
She wanted to go home early.

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IV. VOCABULARY BUILDING
A.
Understanding from context
Read the phrases. Before you look up words in the dictionary, use the context 
of the sentence to help you match the boldface words with the following 
definitions.
_____ 1.
He 
blew
all of his money on a vacation, and now he can’t pay his bills.
_____ 2.
Our team started winning, so suddenly everyone has baseball 
fever
.
_ ____ 3.
We’re leaving in the morning, but I think we’ll 
get back
before 5:00.
_ ____ 4.
W
e won! The inal 
score
was 5 to 3.
_ ____ 5.
Alice baked a cake to 
cheer up
her sad friend.
_ ____ 6.
I feel like having a party. Let’s call up the 
gang
.
a.
to make happier
b.
to return
c.
love of something, especially a sport or something that is very 
popular at the moment
d.
the points in a game
e.
a group of friends (informal). This word often means a group of 
criminals, but not always.
f.
spend, usually unwisely
B.
Use the new words 
Fill in the blanks with the words from Exercise A. Use correct verb forms.
1.
Every four years, everyone around here gets Olympic __________________.
2.
I need to __________________ my brother. His team lost the game and he’s 
very upset.
3.
There’s a big __________________ of teenagers that hangs out in the park 
every evening.
4.
What time will you __________________ from work tonight?
5.
Don’t __________________ your money on a new bike. I’ll give you my extra 
one.
6.
I missed the end of the game. What was the inal __________________?
V. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR: DIRECT SPEECH VS. 
REPORTED SPEECH
A.
Read about direct and reported speech
Writers have two ways of describing what people say. With “direct speech,” 
they report someone’s exact words. Direct speech has quotation marks and is 
often introduced with words like 
say
or 
ask
(called “reporting verbs”).
She 
said
, 
“
I’ll call you when I get back.
”

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