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Mother’s Day
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Making Words
Mother’s Day is on a Sunday. It is three weeks before Easter. On Mother’s Day children give
presents, flowers and cards to their mothers. An old name for Mother’s Day is Mothering Sunday.
How many words can you make from the letters in Mothering Sunday?
MOTHERING
1
S U N D AY
11
house
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2
21
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12
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3
22
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13
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4
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20
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19
10
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27
18
9
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26
17
8
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25
16
7
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24
15
6
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23
14
5
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Mother’s Day
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Mother’s Day Traditions
Work out the code and write the words in the crossword.
Each letter has a number. There are four letters already in the crossword to help you.
M is number 9.
O is number 7.
H is number 12.
L is number 4.
A
N
B
O
C
P
D
Q
E
R
F
S
G
T
H
U
I
V
J
W
K
X
L
Y
M
Z
First write all the Ms, Os, Hs and Ls.
Then work out the numbers of all the other letters.
09~=79e~a~t~
~0~7~8~5r103
L
12345~~~2~4~
~-~2~e~~q0we
r5e-~477w~~~
o~~01e~~47u5
~908~ye38~~~
~0u~te~~~7[[
o3e5eiu5~~4~
~p~~i~~~[379
M
y252u~9~2~t~
O
~o~~~\7r3ie8
=03-~~u~5~3~
H
0i~~6~=0u~57
-~~~r~e~~7~r
~92]ur3e~i7u
1
2
3
4
L
5
6
7
O
8
9
M
10 11 12 13
H
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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Mother’s Day Traditions
Read about Mother’s Day today and in the past.
Choose words from the crossword to fill the gaps in the story. Use each word only once.
A
Mother’s Day is in (a) ........................... in many countries, but in Britain it is in March, three weeks before
Easter. Children give cards and (b)........................... to their mothers. They say thank you for all the things
their mothers do for them.
In the nineteenth century many young (c)........................... went away (d)........................... home. They
(e)........................... to work as (f)........................... for rich people. They worked very (g)...........................
They did (h)........................... get (i)........................... much time (j)........................... , (k)...........................
Mothering Sunday was a (l)........................... The maids were allowed to go (m)........................... to
(n)........................... their mothers. They (o)........................... to make a special cake for their mothers.
It was made of a (p)........................... of fruit, spices and (q)........................... and it was decorated with
(r)...........................
B
(a)...........................name is Janet. I (b)........................... a maid. I
(c)........................... went to be a maid at the (d)........................... of
(e)........................... Today I am going to visit my (f)...........................
This morning I (g)........................... to get (h)........................... at
four o’clock. I put (i)........................... my best dress and my best
(j)........................... , then I (k)........................... my breakfast
(l)........................... half past four. I am going (m)...........................
at five o’clock. It is a long (n)........................... to my mother’s house
(o)........................... I will have to (p)........................... very
(q)........................... I have got (r)........................... of presents for my
mother. I’ve got a (s)........................... and some honey. On the way
home I am going to (t)........................... for some
(u)........................... to pick.
People still make special cakes for Mother’s Day.
Use the same code as in the crossword to find the
name of the cake.
5
2
9
20 15
4
13 10 14 15
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