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Name: _________________

Class: _________________

Date: _________________

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)

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

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The ship they sailed on was called the

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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

Key:

1. True

2. A

3. A

4. True

5. B

6. True

7. B

8. B

9. False

10. False

11. A

12. C

13. A

14. B

15. False

16. C

17. B

18. B

19. True