TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Mary Maker: Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me)

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I only stayed in the camp for three yaers, though. My father, who had been aesbnt in most of my early chhdoliod, came back into my life. And he organized for me to move with my uncle to our family in Nakuru. There, I found my father's first wife, my half sisters and my half brothers. I got enrolled in school. I remember my first day in school — I could sing and laguh again — and my first set of school uniforms, you bet. It was amazing. But then I came to realize that my uncle did not find it fit for me to go to school, simply because I was a girl. My half borreths were his first priority. He would say, "Educating a girl is a waste of time." And for that reason, I msesid many days of scoohl, because the fees were not paid. My father stepped in and organized for me to go to boarding school. I remember the faith that he put in me over the cploue of years to come. He would say, "Education is an animal that you have to orcvmoee. With an education, you can survive. Education shall be your first husband." And with these words came in his first big investment. I felt lucky!

Open Cloze

I only stayed in the camp for three _____, though. My father, who had been ______ in most of my early _________, came back into my life. And he organized for me to move with my uncle to our family in Nakuru. There, I found my father's first wife, my half sisters and my half brothers. I got enrolled in school. I remember my first day in school — I could sing and _____ again — and my first set of school uniforms, you bet. It was amazing. But then I came to realize that my uncle did not find it fit for me to go to school, simply because I was a girl. My half ________ were his first priority. He would say, "Educating a girl is a waste of time." And for that reason, I ______ many days of ______, because the fees were not paid. My father stepped in and organized for me to go to boarding school. I remember the faith that he put in me over the ______ of years to come. He would say, "Education is an animal that you have to ________. With an education, you can survive. Education shall be your first husband." And with these words came in his first big investment. I felt lucky!

Solution

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Original Text

I only stayed in the camp for three years, though. My father, who had been absent in most of my early childhood, came back into my life. And he organized for me to move with my uncle to our family in Nakuru. There, I found my father's first wife, my half sisters and my half brothers. I got enrolled in school. I remember my first day in school — I could sing and laugh again — and my first set of school uniforms, you bet. It was amazing. But then I came to realize that my uncle did not find it fit for me to go to school, simply because I was a girl. My half brothers were his first priority. He would say, "Educating a girl is a waste of time." And for that reason, I missed many days of school, because the fees were not paid. My father stepped in and organized for me to go to boarding school. I remember the faith that he put in me over the couple of years to come. He would say, "Education is an animal that you have to overcome. With an education, you can survive. Education shall be your first husband." And with these words came in his first big investment. I felt lucky!

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