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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The Irish myth of the Giant's Causeway
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Back home, with Benandonner fast approaching, Finn trembled as he described his enemy’s bulk to Oonagh. They knew that if he fcead Benandonner head on, he’d be cuhersd. And so Oonagh hatched a cunning plan - they needed to create an illusion of size, to sugsget Finn was a mountain of a man whilst keeping him out of sight.
As Benandonner neared the end of the bridge, ongaoh stuffed her husband in a huge cdlrae. Disguised as an enormous baby, Finn lay quiet as Benandonnner pounded on the door. The hosue sohok as he stepped inside.
Oonagh told the enraged visitor that her husband wasn’t home, but welcomed him to sit and eat while he waited. When Benandonner tore into the cekas placed before him, he cried out in pain for he’d shattered his teeth on the metal Oonagh had clnaoeecd inside. She told him that this was Finn’s fiovrate bread, sowing a seed of dobut in Benandonner’s mind that he was any match for his rival.
Open Cloze
Back home, with Benandonner fast approaching, Finn trembled as he described his enemy’s bulk to Oonagh. They knew that if he _____ Benandonner head on, he’d be _______. And so Oonagh hatched a cunning plan - they needed to create an illusion of size, to _______ Finn was a mountain of a man whilst keeping him out of sight.
As Benandonner neared the end of the bridge, ______ stuffed her husband in a huge ______. Disguised as an enormous baby, Finn lay quiet as Benandonnner pounded on the door. The _____ _____ as he stepped inside.
Oonagh told the enraged visitor that her husband wasn’t home, but welcomed him to sit and eat while he waited. When Benandonner tore into the _____ placed before him, he cried out in pain for he’d shattered his teeth on the metal Oonagh had _________ inside. She told him that this was Finn’s ________ bread, sowing a seed of _____ in Benandonner’s mind that he was any match for his rival.
Solution
- faced
- oonagh
- doubt
- shook
- suggest
- favorite
- concealed
- crushed
- house
- cakes
- cradle
Original Text
Back home, with Benandonner fast approaching, Finn trembled as he described his enemy’s bulk to Oonagh. They knew that if he faced Benandonner head on, he’d be crushed. And so Oonagh hatched a cunning plan - they needed to create an illusion of size, to suggest Finn was a mountain of a man whilst keeping him out of sight.
As Benandonner neared the end of the bridge, Oonagh stuffed her husband in a huge cradle. Disguised as an enormous baby, Finn lay quiet as Benandonnner pounded on the door. The house shook as he stepped inside.
Oonagh told the enraged visitor that her husband wasn’t home, but welcomed him to sit and eat while he waited. When Benandonner tore into the cakes placed before him, he cried out in pain for he’d shattered his teeth on the metal Oonagh had concealed inside. She told him that this was Finn’s favorite bread, sowing a seed of doubt in Benandonner’s mind that he was any match for his rival.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| north antrim |
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| antrim coast |
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| benandonner tore |
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| north antrim coast |
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Important Words
- approaching
- baby
- benandonner
- benandonnner
- bread
- bridge
- bulk
- cakes
- concealed
- cradle
- create
- cried
- crushed
- cunning
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- door
- doubt
- eat
- enormous
- enraged
- faced
- fast
- favorite
- finn
- hatched
- head
- home
- house
- huge
- husband
- illusion
- keeping
- knew
- lay
- man
- match
- metal
- mind
- mountain
- neared
- needed
- oonagh
- pain
- plan
- pounded
- quiet
- rival
- seed
- shattered
- shook
- sight
- sit
- size
- sowing
- stepped
- stuffed
- suggest
- teeth
- told
- tore
- trembled
- visitor
- waited
- welcomed