Словообразование упражнение №5
Read the texts below and decide what part of speech in A, B, C or D best fits each gap in the sentences.
(1) _______ to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving was (2) _______ in 1621 by the English Pilgrims who had founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the (3) _______ by (4) _______ with their Native American guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Although this event was an important part of American colonial history, there is no (5) _______that any of the (6) _______thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration. Two years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because rains came during the prayers. (7) _______the custom (8) _______among New Englanders to (9) _______celebrate Thanksgiving after the harvest.