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Name: _________________
Class: _________________
Date: _________________
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In 1620, a group of people (1) ________ from England to America. There (2) ________ one hundred people on the ship. They (3) ________to start a new life in America and practice their religion in freedom. They (4) ________ at a place on the north-east coast of America. They (5) ________ it Plymouth. They were far from their home, and life was hard. They (6) ________ little food and they (7) ________ little about their new home. Their first winter in America was very cold. Many of them (8) ________ ill and (9) _________.
However, the Native Americans who (10) ________ there decided zo help them. They (11) ________ the newcomers how to grow corn and other plants to eat, and they (12) ________ them medicine to treat their illnesses. They also showed their new friends how to hunt for food and how to built better houses. The newcomers (13) ________ hard and their crops (14) ________. By November 1621 all of them (15) ________ food and a home. To thank the Native Americans, the newcomers (16) ________ them to a special dinner to celebrate their friendship. This special dinner was the first Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving dinner (17) ________ for three days.
Tell the story of Thanksgiving.
Put the past simple verbs into the correct spaces.
invited (W)
called (R)
had (I)
taught (Y)
knew (M)
sailed (P)
were (I)
wanted (L)
became (S)
landed (G)
died (M)
lived (A)
worked (L)
had (W)
gave (F)
lasted (R)
grew (O)
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Now write the letters over the numbers to find out more information about the people in the story.
The people who sailed from England to America were called the
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
The ship they sailed on was called the
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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1. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the
Thanksgiving.
O True O False
3. They pilgrims invited the ........... Indians to their feast.
A Wampanoag
B Sioux
C Cheyenne
2. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in ........
A 1621
B 1776
C 1492
4. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive, decided to give a thanksgiving feast.
O True O False
5. Which of the
following utensils didn´t the Pilgrims
have to eat their Thanksgiving meal with?
A Spoons
B Forks
C Knives
6. Their clothes were in earth tones like brown and beige.
O True O False
7. What does „Cornucopia“ mean?
A a lot of corn
B Horn of Plenty
C Greek Goddess of
Corn
8. What was the
original name for the pilgrims?
A Parisans
B Puritans
C Colonists
19. Today Thanksgiving is also a holiday.
O True O False
14. The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted
..…... days.
A one day
B three days
C seven days
9. They wore the fancy hats, belt buckles, and shoe buckles.
O True O False
10. Thanksgiving is a religious holiday.
O True O False
11. What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims came to
America?
A Mayflower
B Santa Maria
C Queen Mary
12.Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the ……... Thursday in November in the United States.
A second
B third
C fourth
13. The Pilgrims´
leader name was ....................
A William Bradford
B Abraham Lincoln
C George
Washington
15. The pilgrims ate pumpkin pie and mashed potatoes at their Thanksgiving feast.
O True O False
16. About …. million turkeys will end up on U.S. dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
A 8
B 20
C 46
18. They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth, in …….
A Mississippi
B Massachusetts
C Maine
17. The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was ....
A Macy´s
B Gimbel´s
C Saks
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Key:
True
A
A
True
B
True
B
B
False
False
A
C
A
B
False
C
B
B
True
