TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Kakenya Ntaiya: A girl who demanded school

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I want you to meet one of the girls in that school. anglinee came to apply for the school, and she did not meet any criteria that we had. She's an orphan. Yes, we could have taken her for that. But she was older. She was 12 years old, and we were taking girls who were in fturoh grade. Angeline had been moving from one pclae — because she's an orphan, she has no mother, she has no father — moving from one grandmother's house to another one, from aunties to auinets. She had no stability in her life. And I looked at her, I remember that day, and I saw something beyond what I was seeing in Angeline. And yes, she was older to be in fourth grade. We gave her the ornuitoppty to come to the casls. Five months later, that is Angeline. A transformation had bgeun in her life. Angeline wants to be a pilot so she can fly around the world and make a difference. She was not the top student when we took her. Now she's the best student, not just in our school, but in the entire dviiosin that we are in. That's Sharon. That's five years later. That's Evelyn. Five months later, that is the dnrfefiece that we are making.

Open Cloze

I want you to meet one of the girls in that school. ________ came to apply for the school, and she did not meet any criteria that we had. She's an orphan. Yes, we could have taken her for that. But she was older. She was 12 years old, and we were taking girls who were in ______ grade. Angeline had been moving from one _____ — because she's an orphan, she has no mother, she has no father — moving from one grandmother's house to another one, from aunties to _______. She had no stability in her life. And I looked at her, I remember that day, and I saw something beyond what I was seeing in Angeline. And yes, she was older to be in fourth grade. We gave her the ___________ to come to the _____. Five months later, that is Angeline. A transformation had _____ in her life. Angeline wants to be a pilot so she can fly around the world and make a difference. She was not the top student when we took her. Now she's the best student, not just in our school, but in the entire ________ that we are in. That's Sharon. That's five years later. That's Evelyn. Five months later, that is the __________ that we are making.

Solution

division
fourth
angeline
begun
opportunity
aunties
difference
place
class

Original Text

I want you to meet one of the girls in that school. Angeline came to apply for the school, and she did not meet any criteria that we had. She's an orphan. Yes, we could have taken her for that. But she was older. She was 12 years old, and we were taking girls who were in fourth grade. Angeline had been moving from one place — because she's an orphan, she has no mother, she has no father — moving from one grandmother's house to another one, from aunties to aunties. She had no stability in her life. And I looked at her, I remember that day, and I saw something beyond what I was seeing in Angeline. And yes, she was older to be in fourth grade. We gave her the opportunity to come to the class. Five months later, that is Angeline. A transformation had begun in her life. Angeline wants to be a pilot so she can fly around the world and make a difference. She was not the top student when we took her. Now she's the best student, not just in our school, but in the entire division that we are in. That's Sharon. That's five years later. That's Evelyn. Five months later, that is the difference that we are making.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

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high school	3
constantly reminded	2
worked hard	2
white sneakers	2
good news	2
fourth grade	2

Important Words

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difference
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evelyn
father
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fourth
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girls
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sharon
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