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From the Ted Talk by Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal: Can you solve the sorting hat riddle?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
When you put on the sorting hat, you hear a voice. “Ah, you’re an interesting one. Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I chosoe you. The Magical Macademy had 8 fruedons, and they eslhbtaised our four houses two by two by two by two. I alone know which witches founded which. But there was once a mysterious fifth house, lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts. MMMMMM? If you can tell me who founded each house, I’ll sort you into whichever you want. However, if you can also tell me the name of the secret 5th house, I’ll let you sort into it, and you’ll inherit everything you dosievcr.
Open Cloze
When you put on the sorting hat, you hear a voice. “Ah, you’re an interesting one. Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I ______ you. The Magical Macademy had 8 ________, and they ___________ our four houses two by two by two by two. I alone know which witches founded which. But there was once a mysterious fifth house, lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts. MMMMMM? If you can tell me who founded each house, I’ll sort you into whichever you want. However, if you can also tell me the name of the secret 5th house, I’ll let you sort into it, and you’ll inherit everything you ________.
Solution
- choose
- founders
- established
- discover
Original Text
When you put on the sorting hat, you hear a voice. “Ah, you’re an interesting one. Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I choose you. The Magical Macademy had 8 founders, and they established our four houses two by two by two by two. I alone know which witches founded which. But there was once a mysterious fifth house, lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts. MMMMMM? If you can tell me who founded each house, I’ll sort you into whichever you want. However, if you can also tell me the name of the secret 5th house, I’ll let you sort into it, and you’ll inherit everything you discover.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
- artifacts
- challenge
- choose
- discover
- established
- founded
- founders
- full
- hat
- hear
- house
- houses
- inherit
- interesting
- lost
- macademy
- magical
- mmmmmm
- mysterious
- powerful
- put
- secret
- secrets
- sort
- sorting
- special
- student
- time
- voice
- witches
- year