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Making Words
Mothers Day is on a Sunday. It is three weeks before Easter. On Mothers Day children give
presents, flowers and cards to their mothers. An old name for Mothers Day is Mothering Sunday.
How many words can you make from the letters in Mothering Sunday?

MOTHERING
1

S U N D AY

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house

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Mothers 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.

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
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=03-~~u~5~3~
H
0i~~6~=0u~57
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~92]ur3e~i7u
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4
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7
O

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M

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H

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Mothers Day Traditions

Read about Mothers Day today and in the past.
Choose words from the crossword to fill the gaps in the story. Use each word only once.

A
Mothers 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 oclock. 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 oclock. It is a long (n)........................... to my mothers house
(o)........................... I will have to (p)........................... very
(q)........................... I have got (r)........................... of presents for my
mother. Ive 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 Mothers Day.

Use the same code as in the crossword to find the
name of the cake.

20 15

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