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From the Ted Talk by Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

which is my sister's a little on the culsmy side. Somehow, without any help or push from her older brother at all, Amy disappeared off of the top of the bunk bed and landed with this crsah on the foolr. I nervously peered over the side of the bed to see what had befallen my flalen sister and saw that she had landed painfully on her hands and keens on all forus on the ground.

I was nervous because my parents had charged me with making sure that my sister and I played as safely and as quietly as possible. And seeing as how I had accidentally broken Amy's arm just one week before --

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

which is my sister's a little on the ______ side. Somehow, without any help or push from her older brother at all, Amy disappeared off of the top of the bunk bed and landed with this _____ on the _____. I nervously peered over the side of the bed to see what had befallen my ______ sister and saw that she had landed painfully on her hands and _____ on all _____ on the ground.

I was nervous because my parents had charged me with making sure that my sister and I played as safely and as quietly as possible. And seeing as how I had accidentally broken Amy's arm just one week before --

Solution


  1. clumsy
  2. crash
  3. knees
  4. floor
  5. fours
  6. fallen

Original Text


(Laughter)

which is my sister's a little on the clumsy side. Somehow, without any help or push from her older brother at all, Amy disappeared off of the top of the bunk bed and landed with this crash on the floor. I nervously peered over the side of the bed to see what had befallen my fallen sister and saw that she had landed painfully on her hands and knees on all fours on the ground.

I was nervous because my parents had charged me with making sure that my sister and I played as safely and as quietly as possible. And seeing as how I had accidentally broken Amy's arm just one week before --

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
bunk bed 3
years older 2
measurement error 2
child learn 2
brain starts 2
business outcome 2
job successes 2
brains work 2


Important Words


  1. accidentally
  2. amy
  3. arm
  4. bed
  5. befallen
  6. broken
  7. brother
  8. bunk
  9. charged
  10. clumsy
  11. crash
  12. disappeared
  13. fallen
  14. floor
  15. fours
  16. ground
  17. hands
  18. knees
  19. landed
  20. laughter
  21. making
  22. nervous
  23. nervously
  24. older
  25. painfully
  26. parents
  27. peered
  28. played
  29. push
  30. quietly
  31. safely
  32. side
  33. sister
  34. top
  35. week