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From the Ted Talk by Oliver Jeffers: An ode to living on Earth

Unscramble the Blue Letters


As I wleakd around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I began to take notes of the ridiculous things I was saying. The ntoes slowly mhepord into a letter intended for my son once he laenerd to read. And that letter became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st cretnuy. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less obvious until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move sollwy here on eatrh. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.

Open Cloze


As I ______ around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I began to take notes of the ridiculous things I was saying. The _____ slowly _______ into a letter intended for my son once he _______ to read. And that letter became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st _______. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less obvious until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move ______ here on _____. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.

Solution


  1. walked
  2. century
  3. morphed
  4. earth
  5. slowly
  6. notes
  7. learned

Original Text


As I walked around those first few weeks, narrating the world as I saw it, I began to take notes of the ridiculous things I was saying. The notes slowly morphed into a letter intended for my son once he learned to read. And that letter became a book about the basic principles of what it is to be a human living on Earth in the 21st century. Some things are really obvious. Like, the planet is made of two parts: land and sea. Some less obvious until you think about them. Like, time. Things can sometimes move slowly here on Earth. But more often, they move quickly. So use your time well, it will be gone before you know it. Or people. People come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. We may all look different, act different and sound different, but don't be fooled. We are all people.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
planet earth 2


Important Words


  1. act
  2. basic
  3. began
  4. book
  5. century
  6. colors
  7. earth
  8. fooled
  9. human
  10. intended
  11. land
  12. learned
  13. letter
  14. living
  15. morphed
  16. move
  17. narrating
  18. notes
  19. obvious
  20. people
  21. planet
  22. principles
  23. quickly
  24. read
  25. ridiculous
  26. sea
  27. shapes
  28. sizes
  29. slowly
  30. son
  31. sound
  32. time
  33. walked
  34. weeks
  35. world