The Preamble

Copy the following paragraph.

Please underline all the words as they are
shown.

 We Preamble
the people of the United States, in
The

order to form a more perfect union,

establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.

Preamble vocabulary

Copy the vocabulary word and the

synonyms. You do not need to copy the
definitions.

union
Blending, coming together, combination
The act of joining together people or
things

establish
Create, start, begin, set up
To start or set up something that is
intended to continue

justice

Fairness, fair play, morality

insure
Make certain, make sure
To make sure something will happen

domestic
home, household, family, national, internal
Happening within one country

tranquility

Peaceful, calm, quiet

common
General, universal, shared, everyones
Belonging to, or shared by two or more
people or things

promote
Endorse, encourage, support, sponsor
To encourage the growth and
development of something

general
universal, common, wide-ranging
Including all or nearly all the members of
a group

welfare

well-being, health, security, success

posterity

future generations

ordain
order, proclaim, command, establish
To order or establish something formally,
especially by law

Assignment

Rewrite the Preamble changing the

underlined words. It must make sense.
Read it out loud to yourself to make
sure. You can rearrange the words to
allow your paragraph to make sense.