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Exercise on prepositions – The Wampanoag Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions. 1. The Wampanoag are the native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims to survive their first year

the Mayflower

the New World.

2. The tribe was divided

smaller groups, and each group was ruled

3. The Wampanoag lived

villages

a chief.

the southeastern coast

North America. Their name means ‘people of the east’. 4. One member

the Wampanoag, Squanto, knew English because several years before

he had been kidnapped and taken

Europe.

5. Squanto was the first to meet the Pilgrims and he welcomed them 6. The Wampanoag shared their knowledge

English.

hunting and fishing

the

European settlers and showed them how to grow corn and beans. 7.

autumn, the harvest was so good that the settlers invited the Wampanoag

8. A treaty

a great feast that is now remembered as the first Thanksgiving. the Wampanoag and the settlers secured peace

about 40

years, but then the settlers claimed more and more land and treated the Wampanoag disrespect. 9. This finally led 1676)

war

the English and the Wampanoag (1675-

which the Wampanoag were defeated.

10. The Wampanoag left their lands and moved

the islands

Nantucket and

Martha's Vineyard. 11. Today there are only about 2,000 Wampanoag people living

the United States.

Exercise on prepositions – The Wampanoag Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions. 1. The Wampanoag are the native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims from the Mayflower to survive their first year in the New World. 2. The tribe was divided into smaller groups, and each group was ruled by a chief. 3. The Wampanoag lived in villages on the southeastern coast of North America. Their name means ‘people of the east’. 4. One member of the Wampanoag, Squanto, knew English because several years before he had been kidnapped and taken to Europe. 5. Squanto was the first to meet the Pilgrims and he welcomed them in English. 6. The Wampanoag shared their knowledge of hunting and fishing with the European settlers and showed them how to grow corn and beans. 7. In autumn, the harvest was so good that the settlers invited the Wampanoag to a great feast that is now remembered as the first Thanksgiving. 8. A treaty between the Wampanoag and the settlers secured peace for about 40 years, but then the settlers claimed more and more land and treated the Wampanoag with disrespect. 9. This finally led to war between the English and the Wampanoag (1675-1676) in which the Wampanoag were defeated. 10. The Wampanoag left their lands and moved to the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. 11. Today there are only about 2,000 Wampanoag people living in the United States.