Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)

Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. It used to be a religious holiday to give thanks to God. There are two versions of the origins of this holiday. One is thanks for the early settlers arriving in America safely. On December the 4th, 1619, a group of English pioneers arrived at a place called Berkeley Hundred, in Virginia. The group made a promise that the day of their arrival should be a "day of thanksgiving" to God. The second version is the thanks given to Native Americans for teaching the pilgrims how to catch eels and grow corn in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1941, President Roosevelt made Thanksgiving a federal holiday.
The main event of any Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving dinner. It is traditional to have baked or roasted turkey. This is usually accompanied with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fall vegetables, cranberry sauce, and gravy. Pumpkin pie is the most commonly eaten dessert. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for traveling. It is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for most schools and colleges, and many businesses and government workers get three or four days off. Thanksgiving is also the unofficial signal for Christmas preparations to begin. Once Thanksgiving finishes, stores fill their shelves with Christmas goods. It is also a bad time to be a turkey.
Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1

1.	a very American	a.	promise
2	the fourth Thursday	b.	to God
3.	to give thanks	c.	holiday
4.	made a	d.	corn
5.	how to	e.	in November
6.	grow	f.	catch eels

 
Paragraph 2

1.	The main	a.	eaten dessert
2	accompanied with	b.	days off
3.	the most commonly	c.	times
4.	one of the busiest	d.	event
5.	get three or four	e.	shelves
6.	stores fill their	f.	mashed potatoes

Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also calling / called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. It used to / used be a religious holiday to give thanks to God. There are two versions of the original / origins of this holiday. One is thanks for the early settlers arriving in America safely / safe. On December the 4th, 1619, a group of English pioneers arrived at a place called Berkeley Hundred, in Virginia. The group made / did a promise that the day of their / there arrival should be a "day of thanksgiving" to God. The second version / vision is the thanks given to Native Americans for teaching the pilgrims how to catch eels and grow corn in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1941, President Roosevelt made / gave Thanksgiving a federal holiday.
The main eventful / event of any Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving dinner. It is traditional to have baked or roasted turkey. This is usually / usual accompanied with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fell / fall vegetables, cranberry sauce, and gravy. Pumpkin pie is the most commonly eaten / eating dessert. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest times of the year from / for traveling. It is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for most schools and colleges, and many businesses and government workers get three or four days over / off. Thanksgiving is also the unofficial signal for Christmas preparations to beginning / begin. Once Thanksgiving finishes, stores fill their shelves with Christmas goods. It is also a bad time to be a / in turkey.

Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.

Paragraph 1
1.	the uhftro Thursday in November
2.	a sliiuroge holiday
3.	the ngoirsi of this holiday
4.	arriving in America ysfeal
5.	made a oepisrm
6.	how to hactc eels
Paragraph 2
7.	The main tenve
8.	sweet pstoaeot
9.	the most moynomcl eaten dessert
10.	weekend aancotvi
11.	unofficial ilnsga
12.	fill their eshsevl