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From the Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

How aonninyg would that be?

(Laughter)

"Must try harder."

(Laughter)

Being sent to bed by his dad, to srkhaspeaee, "Go to bed, now!" To William Shakespeare. "And put the pencil down!"

(legtahur)

"And stop speaking like that."

(Laughter)

"It's confusing everybody."

(Laughter)

Anyway, we moved from stotrrafd to Los Angeles, and I just want to say a word about the transition. Actually, my son didn't want to come. I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16. He didn't want to come to Los Angeles. He loved it, but he had a girlfriend in England. This was the love of his life, sraah. He'd known her for a month.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

How ________ would that be?

(Laughter)

"Must try harder."

(Laughter)

Being sent to bed by his dad, to ___________, "Go to bed, now!" To William Shakespeare. "And put the pencil down!"

(________)

"And stop speaking like that."

(Laughter)

"It's confusing everybody."

(Laughter)

Anyway, we moved from _________ to Los Angeles, and I just want to say a word about the transition. Actually, my son didn't want to come. I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16. He didn't want to come to Los Angeles. He loved it, but he had a girlfriend in England. This was the love of his life, _____. He'd known her for a month.

Solution


  1. shakespeare
  2. annoying
  3. laughter
  4. stratford
  5. sarah

Original Text


(Laughter)

How annoying would that be?

(Laughter)

"Must try harder."

(Laughter)

Being sent to bed by his dad, to Shakespeare, "Go to bed, now!" To William Shakespeare. "And put the pencil down!"

(Laughter)

"And stop speaking like that."

(Laughter)

"It's confusing everybody."

(Laughter)

Anyway, we moved from Stratford to Los Angeles, and I just want to say a word about the transition. Actually, my son didn't want to come. I've got two kids; he's 21 now, my daughter's 16. He didn't want to come to Los Angeles. He loved it, but he had a girlfriend in England. This was the love of his life, Sarah. He'd known her for a month.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
education system 4
royal ballet 3
creative capacities 2
los angeles 2
public education 2
gillian lynne 2


Important Words


  1. angeles
  2. annoying
  3. bed
  4. confusing
  5. dad
  6. england
  7. girlfriend
  8. harder
  9. laughter
  10. life
  11. los
  12. love
  13. loved
  14. month
  15. moved
  16. pencil
  17. put
  18. sarah
  19. shakespeare
  20. son
  21. speaking
  22. stop
  23. stratford
  24. transition
  25. william
  26. word