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First Amendment

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Original language:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

 

Your language: Decide which word is most relevant to the first word.

1. respecting
• honoring
• concerning
• complimenting

2. establishment
• endorsement
• official creation
• open practice

3. prohibiting
• disallowing
• regretting
• disapproving

4. free exercise
• belief in
• daily practice of
• no involvement with money

5. thereof
• therefore
• of religion
• of there

6. abridging
• connecting
• shortening
• limiting

7. freedom of speech
• permission to speak
• right to say anything aloud
• right to express oneself

8. the press
• newspapers
• magazines
• any news media

9. right
• power
• requirement
• actions

10. peaceably to assemble
• gather happily and discuss
• gather angrily and protest
• meet together

11. petition
• ask
• protest
• suggest

12. government
• people currently in charge
• structure of power
• rulers

13. redress
• fix
• consideration
• improvement

14. grievances
• complaints
• imperfections
• improvements

 

Your words

 

 

 

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