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From the Ted Talk by Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte: The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Suddenly, the matriarch sotps their march and sfinfs the air. Using slmel alone, elephants can recognize each member of their herd, and their exceptional mmeireos can retain the smells of elephants outside their herd as well. It’s one of these old but familiar odors that’s caught the matriarch’s attention. She bellows into the air, sending out a snuod wave that rings across the savannah. But it travels even further through the earth as infrasonic rumbles. Elephants up to 10 kilometers away can receive these rumbles with their feet. If the matriarch’s nose is right, her herd should eexpct a response.

Open Cloze


Suddenly, the matriarch _____ their march and ______ the air. Using _____ alone, elephants can recognize each member of their herd, and their exceptional ________ can retain the smells of elephants outside their herd as well. It’s one of these old but familiar odors that’s caught the matriarch’s attention. She bellows into the air, sending out a _____ wave that rings across the savannah. But it travels even further through the earth as infrasonic rumbles. Elephants up to 10 kilometers away can receive these rumbles with their feet. If the matriarch’s nose is right, her herd should ______ a response.

Solution


  1. memories
  2. sniffs
  3. smell
  4. sound
  5. stops
  6. expect

Original Text


Suddenly, the matriarch stops their march and sniffs the air. Using smell alone, elephants can recognize each member of their herd, and their exceptional memories can retain the smells of elephants outside their herd as well. It’s one of these old but familiar odors that’s caught the matriarch’s attention. She bellows into the air, sending out a sound wave that rings across the savannah. But it travels even further through the earth as infrasonic rumbles. Elephants up to 10 kilometers away can receive these rumbles with their feet. If the matriarch’s nose is right, her herd should expect a response.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. air
  2. attention
  3. bellows
  4. caught
  5. earth
  6. elephants
  7. exceptional
  8. expect
  9. familiar
  10. feet
  11. herd
  12. infrasonic
  13. kilometers
  14. march
  15. matriarch
  16. member
  17. memories
  18. nose
  19. odors
  20. receive
  21. recognize
  22. response
  23. retain
  24. rings
  25. rumbles
  26. savannah
  27. sending
  28. smell
  29. smells
  30. sniffs
  31. sound
  32. stops
  33. suddenly
  34. travels
  35. wave