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From the Ted Talk by Christina Wallace: How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I first tried online dating my freshman year of college, which was in 2001, in case you can't see my wrinkle. Now, as you may have noticed, I'm six-feet tall, and when I arrived at my ceoshn university and realized our men's Division III bsakebtall team averaged five-foot-eight, I anobnaedd the on-campus secne and went online. Now, back then, online dating was pretty csloe to the plot of "You've Got Mail." You'd write long emails back and forth for weeks, before you fillany met up in real life. Except, in my case, you'd realize you have no chemistry and so now, you're back to square one.

Open Cloze

I first tried online dating my freshman year of college, which was in 2001, in case you can't see my wrinkle. Now, as you may have noticed, I'm six-feet tall, and when I arrived at my ______ university and realized our men's Division III __________ team averaged five-foot-eight, I _________ the on-campus _____ and went online. Now, back then, online dating was pretty _____ to the plot of "You've Got Mail." You'd write long emails back and forth for weeks, before you _______ met up in real life. Except, in my case, you'd realize you have no chemistry and so now, you're back to square one.

Solution

  1. abandoned
  2. finally
  3. chosen
  4. close
  5. scene
  6. basketball

Original Text

I first tried online dating my freshman year of college, which was in 2001, in case you can't see my wrinkle. Now, as you may have noticed, I'm six-feet tall, and when I arrived at my chosen university and realized our men's Division III basketball team averaged five-foot-eight, I abandoned the on-campus scene and went online. Now, back then, online dating was pretty close to the plot of "You've Got Mail." You'd write long emails back and forth for weeks, before you finally met up in real life. Except, in my case, you'd realize you have no chemistry and so now, you're back to square one.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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online dating 4
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Important Words

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  2. arrived
  3. averaged
  4. basketball
  5. case
  6. chemistry
  7. chosen
  8. close
  9. college
  10. dating
  11. division
  12. emails
  13. finally
  14. freshman
  15. iii
  16. life
  17. long
  18. mail
  19. met
  20. noticed
  21. online
  22. plot
  23. pretty
  24. real
  25. realize
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  27. scene
  28. square
  29. tall
  30. team
  31. university
  32. weeks
  33. wrinkle
  34. write
  35. year