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From the Ted Talk by Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ...

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now I didn't have any business plans at only eight years old. I only knew I wanted to make pretty ctaorenis that were safe for the environment and I wneatd to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back proch, I would sit and make little hddnbaaes out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started mnaikg more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selilng all over the world, and I had customers in Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada and more.

Open Cloze

Now I didn't have any business plans at only eight years old. I only knew I wanted to make pretty _________ that were safe for the environment and I ______ to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back _____, I would sit and make little _________ out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started ______ more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began _______ all over the world, and I had customers in Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada and more.

Solution

  1. creations
  2. wanted
  3. selling
  4. headbands
  5. porch
  6. making

Original Text

Now I didn't have any business plans at only eight years old. I only knew I wanted to make pretty creations that were safe for the environment and I wanted to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back porch, I would sit and make little headbands out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started making more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selling all over the world, and I had customers in Denmark, Italy, Australia, Canada and more.

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Important Words

  1. australia
  2. bags
  3. began
  4. business
  5. canada
  6. creations
  7. customers
  8. denmark
  9. environment
  10. give
  11. hats
  12. headbands
  13. italy
  14. item
  15. items
  16. knew
  17. making
  18. mom
  19. names
  20. plans
  21. porch
  22. pretty
  23. price
  24. ribbon
  25. safe
  26. scarves
  27. selling
  28. sew
  29. sit
  30. started
  31. taught
  32. wanted
  33. world
  34. write
  35. years