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From the Ted Talk by Kakenya Ntaiya: Empower a girl, transform a community

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Years later I went to utinrseivy. And in order to get my community's support, I promised to come back one day to rpeay that support. But years later, when I went back to my village, not much had changed. Girls were still going through FGM, still leaving school, still getting married to men oeldr than their fathers and still having chirlden when they're teenagers. I did not want to see any more girls go through that. That's when I knew what I nedeed to do to give back to my community.

I built a school just for girls so that they can be free from FGM and early marriage. At my first enrollment —

Open Cloze


Years later I went to __________. And in order to get my community's support, I promised to come back one day to _____ that support. But years later, when I went back to my village, not much had changed. Girls were still going through FGM, still leaving school, still getting married to men _____ than their fathers and still having ________ when they're teenagers. I did not want to see any more girls go through that. That's when I knew what I ______ to do to give back to my community.

I built a school just for girls so that they can be free from FGM and early marriage. At my first enrollment —

Solution


  1. repay
  2. children
  3. older
  4. needed
  5. university

Original Text


Years later I went to university. And in order to get my community's support, I promised to come back one day to repay that support. But years later, when I went back to my village, not much had changed. Girls were still going through FGM, still leaving school, still getting married to men older than their fathers and still having children when they're teenagers. I did not want to see any more girls go through that. That's when I knew what I needed to do to give back to my community.

I built a school just for girls so that they can be free from FGM and early marriage. At my first enrollment —

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
child marriage 2
full potential 2
single girl 2


Important Words


  1. built
  2. changed
  3. children
  4. community
  5. day
  6. early
  7. enrollment
  8. fathers
  9. fgm
  10. free
  11. girls
  12. give
  13. knew
  14. leaving
  15. marriage
  16. married
  17. men
  18. needed
  19. older
  20. order
  21. promised
  22. repay
  23. school
  24. support
  25. teenagers
  26. university
  27. village
  28. years