A House Key You Couldn't Lose

10/10/2020 4:37:00 PM
The Pilgrims' village. Image: bobvila.com

Do you know?

  • The Pilgrims sailed a ship called Mayflower.
  • The Mayflower first landed at the tip of Cape Cod in what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Let's learn more about them in the following passage!

FACT: The Pilgrims celebrated what has come to be known as the First Thanksgiving.

The Pilgrims' village. Image: bobvila.com

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • When did the Pilgrims sail to the United States?
  • What didn't the Pilgrims have to worry about?

When did the Pilgrims sail to the United States?

  • in 1620
  • in 1720
  • in 1820

What didn't the Pilgrims have to worry about?

  • food
  • house keys
  • sickness

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

A House Key You Couldn't Lose

The Pilgrims in 1620. They came to what is now the United States. The Pilgrims had to worry about many things. They had to about staying warm. They had to worry about food. They had to worry about not getting sick.

There was one thing the Pilgrims did not have to worry about. They did not have to worry about losing their house keys. Why didn't they have to worry? They didn't have any house keys!

How did Pilgrims open their doors? They on a peg. The peg was to a string that pulled the latch to open the door.

Read and answer the following questions.

A house of the Pilgrims. Image: plimoth.org

The Pilgrims sailed in 1620. They came to what is now the United States. The Pilgrims had to worry about many things. They had to worry about staying warm. They had to worry about food. They had to worry about not getting sick.

There was one thing the Pilgrims did not have to worry about. They did not have to worry about losing their house keys. Why didn't they have to worry? They didn't have any house keys!

How did Pilgrims open their doors? They pulled on a wooden peg. The peg was attached to a string that pulled the latch to open the door.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2 

The main idea of this story is _____.

  • where the Pilgrims went
  • when the Pilgrims sailed
  • how the Pilgrims grew their food
  • what the Pilgrims had to worry about

What is the opposite of "losing"?

  • finding
  • opening
  • pulling
  • sailing

Why didn't the Pilgrims use keys to open their houses?

  • Their house doors had latches.
  • Their houses didn't have doors.
  • Their house keys were attached to the door.
  • Their houses were made by wood.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. They on a peg.
  2. The peg was to a string that pulled the latch to open the door.
  3. The Pilgrims had to about many things.
  4. The Pilgrims in 1620.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. He's always about his weight.
  2. He the box across the floor to the door.
  3. There is a large cupboard in his bedroom.
  4. You have to the printer to the computer to use it.
  5. In his young days, he had the seas.