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From the Ted Talk by TED staff: It's TED, the Musical

Unscramble the Blue Letters


DH: ♪ I'll never remember all this. ♪ ♪ Will the clicker work when I prses it? ♪ ♪ Why must Al Gore go right before me? ♪ ♪ Oh man, I'm scared to dtaeh. ♪ ♪ I hope I don't pass out onstage ♪ ♪ and now I really wish I wasn't wearing green. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 1: ♪ You must be be sweet like bneré Brown. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 2: ♪ You must be fnnuy like Ken rnbosion. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 3: ♪ You must be cool like Reggie Watts ♪

All: ♪ and bring out a prop like Jill blote Taylor. ♪

DH: ♪ My time is running over. The clock now says nil. ♪ ♪ I'm saying my words faster. unesndtrad me still. ♪ ♪ I'm too nervous to give this TED Talk. ♪

Open Cloze


DH: ♪ I'll never remember all this. ♪ ♪ Will the clicker work when I _____ it? ♪ ♪ Why must Al Gore go right before me? ♪ ♪ Oh man, I'm scared to _____. ♪ ♪ I hope I don't pass out onstage ♪ ♪ and now I really wish I wasn't wearing green. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 1: ♪ You must be be sweet like _____ Brown. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 2: ♪ You must be _____ like Ken ________. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 3: ♪ You must be cool like Reggie Watts ♪

All: ♪ and bring out a prop like Jill _____ Taylor. ♪

DH: ♪ My time is running over. The clock now says nil. ♪ ♪ I'm saying my words faster. __________ me still. ♪ ♪ I'm too nervous to give this TED Talk. ♪

Solution


  1. brené
  2. understand
  3. death
  4. funny
  5. bolte
  6. press
  7. robinson

Original Text


DH: ♪ I'll never remember all this. ♪ ♪ Will the clicker work when I press it? ♪ ♪ Why must Al Gore go right before me? ♪ ♪ Oh man, I'm scared to death. ♪ ♪ I hope I don't pass out onstage ♪ ♪ and now I really wish I wasn't wearing green. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 1: ♪ You must be be sweet like Brené Brown. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 2: ♪ You must be funny like Ken Robinson. ♪

All: ♪ Give your talk. ♪

SC 3: ♪ You must be cool like Reggie Watts ♪

All: ♪ and bring out a prop like Jill Bolte Taylor. ♪

DH: ♪ My time is running over. The clock now says nil. ♪ ♪ I'm saying my words faster. Understand me still. ♪ ♪ I'm too nervous to give this TED Talk. ♪

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
ted talk 8
speaker coach 3


Important Words


  1. al
  2. bolte
  3. brené
  4. bring
  5. brown
  6. clicker
  7. clock
  8. cool
  9. death
  10. faster
  11. funny
  12. give
  13. gore
  14. green
  15. hope
  16. jill
  17. ken
  18. man
  19. nervous
  20. nil
  21. onstage
  22. pass
  23. press
  24. prop
  25. reggie
  26. remember
  27. robinson
  28. running
  29. sc
  30. scared
  31. sweet
  32. talk
  33. taylor
  34. ted
  35. time
  36. understand
  37. watts
  38. wearing
  39. words
  40. work