ELA 6 Testlet 010- Speaking & Listening

City pools are large bodies of water.

Swimming pools have been popular for decades.

Generators convert salt into free chlorine.

Changing to a saltwater pool costs a lot of money.

To contrast two methods of maintaining pools

To explain how chemicals clean water

To inform listeners about the uses of chlorine

To describe the experience of swimming in a pool

It is more expensive to maintain saltwater pools than traditional pools.

Saltwater pools are easier to maintain than traditional pools.

Chlorine is inexpensive and should be used in pools.

Traditional pools have water that is less irritating.

Aluminum bats can be swung faster and harder than wooden bats.

All baseball players used wooden bats prior to the 1970s.

Younger baseball players most likely find it easier to use aluminum bats.

Aluminum bats became commonplace after their invention in the 1970s.

Players can hit the ball much farther with aluminum bats than they can with wooden bats.

Using an aluminum bat best prepares a player for a career in professional baseball.

Former players are envious that young players use aluminum bats to set more records.

Major league players get to choose if they want to use a wooden or aluminum bat during games.

Which stores sell both aluminum baseball bats and wooden baseball bats?

Are there players on college baseball teams that still use wooden bats?

Which types of records would professional players break if allowed to use aluminum bats?

Are baseball players better hitters today than they were in the past