Thanksgiving - Reading Comprehension

Thanksgiving is a holiday in....

• Australia

• Canada

• the USA

• Great Britain

Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada and in the USA on the same weekend.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Thanksgiving has been an official holiday in the USA since

• 1621

• 1863

• 1957

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving every year

• the third Thursday in November.

• the fourth Thursday in November.

• the last Thursday in November.

Americans think that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 in a small town called Plymouth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The first people to celebrate Thanksgiving were called.....

• Indians

• Pilgrims

• Americans

Thanksgiving was celebrated to thank the Native Americans..

• ... because they taught them to grow corn and to catch fish.

• ... because they taught them to build houses.

• ... because they helped them out with food during a hard winter.

The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted...

• ... a week.

• ... five days.

• .... three days.

• ... one day.

At the first Thanksgiving celebration there were more Native Americans than English men, women and children.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following foods do people eat at a Thanksgiving dinner?

• turkey

• mashed potatoes

• rice

• cranberry sauce

• pumpkin pie