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From the Ted Talk by Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I'm here today to start a revolution. Now before you get up in arms, or you break into song, or you pick a favorite color, I want to define what I mean by revolution. By revolution, I mean a drastic and far-reaching chgane in the way we think and behave — the way we think and the way we bhveae. Now why, Steve, why do we need a revolution? We need a revolution because things aren't working; they're just not winokrg. And that makes me really sad because I'm sick and tired of things not working. You know, I'm sick and terid of us not liivng up to our potential. I'm sick and tired of us being last.

Open Cloze


I'm here today to start a revolution. Now before you get up in arms, or you break into song, or you pick a favorite color, I want to define what I mean by revolution. By revolution, I mean a drastic and far-reaching ______ in the way we think and behave — the way we think and the way we ______. Now why, Steve, why do we need a revolution? We need a revolution because things aren't working; they're just not _______. And that makes me really sad because I'm sick and tired of things not working. You know, I'm sick and _____ of us not ______ up to our potential. I'm sick and tired of us being last.

Solution


  1. tired
  2. change
  3. working
  4. living
  5. behave

Original Text


I'm here today to start a revolution. Now before you get up in arms, or you break into song, or you pick a favorite color, I want to define what I mean by revolution. By revolution, I mean a drastic and far-reaching change in the way we think and behave — the way we think and the way we behave. Now why, Steve, why do we need a revolution? We need a revolution because things aren't working; they're just not working. And that makes me really sad because I'm sick and tired of things not working. You know, I'm sick and tired of us not living up to our potential. I'm sick and tired of us being last.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
transform bulgaria 3
saddest place 2
small business 2
operating system 2
drastic change 2
kids play 2
heaven forbid 2
education system 2
robotic workers 2
kittens play 2
promoting fun 2
play promotes 2


Important Words


  1. arms
  2. behave
  3. break
  4. change
  5. color
  6. define
  7. drastic
  8. favorite
  9. living
  10. pick
  11. potential
  12. revolution
  13. sad
  14. sick
  15. song
  16. start
  17. steve
  18. tired
  19. today
  20. working