JOHN’S ESL COMMUNITY: HOLIDAY WORKSHEET
Thanksgiving Cloze Exercise
Thanksgiving year America thanks sea
brought homeland feast settlers landed
Indians pilgrims harvest crops help
Directions: Complete the following story about Thanksgiving by filling in the blanks with the correct
words. Use each word only once.
The First Thanksgiving
The first ____________ was celebrated in the _______ 1621. The _________, who had come to
the New World from England, _________ at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, on
December 26, 1620 after being at _______ for almost a year.
When the pilgrims landed in what is now _________, they discovered that the grain they
_________ from England wouldn't grow in the soil of their new ___________. The first winter was very
hard for the early _________, and many people died because of sickness and starvation. The native
_______ came to the aid of the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant ______ of corn. They also taught
the pilgrims how to hunt and fish.
Thanks to the _______ of the Indians, the settlers' crops did well in the fall of 1621 and there
was a great __________. The Pilgrims decided to have a ________ as a way of giving ________. The
pilgrims invited their friends, the Indians, to share this first Thanksgiving feast which lasted three days.
Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday by Congress in 1941.
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JOHN’S ESL COMMUNITY: HOLIDAY WORKSHEET
The First Thanksgiving-Answer Key
Thanksgiving year America thanks sea
brought homeland feast settlers landed
Indians pilgrims harvest crops help
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in the year 1621. The pilgrims who had come to the New
World from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, on December 26, 1620
after being at sea for almost a year.
When the pilgrims landed in what is now America, they discovered that the grain they brought
from England wouldn't grow in the soil of their new homeland. The first winter was very hard for the
early settlers and many people died because of sickness and starvation. The native Indians came to the
aid of the pilgrims and taught them how to plant crops of corn. They also taught the Pilgrims how to
hunt and fish.
Thanks to the help of the Indians, the settlers' crops did well in the fall of 1621 and there was a
great harvest. The pilgrims decided to have a feast as a way of giving thanks. The pilgrims invited their
friends, the Indians, to share this first Thanksgiving feast which lasted three days.
Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday by Congress in 1941
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