ST VALENTINE'S DAY WORDSEARCH

H T N I A S K R Z E S T G O P

E T M N X D O I N W E T W K X

D Q N V U S I I S J T M A J F

E K C E E U T P O S A R W I J

C N P Y E N H C U I L O O F R

T H B R E T F H M C O M R Z V

D Y X L O P R P V T C A R A L

C Y A D B P P U R B O N A N F

A V L O V E O A O Y H C U L V

R I O F D X E S O F C E O H A

D G V X A H T Y A Z W W I X Z

I V F B I J C D L L E L Y J J

F E B R U A R Y W R I Y B Z Q

W O B W P O U J S T H G F P A

I J J D S C R B B C R A J Z B

ARROW

BOW

CARD

CHOCOLATES

CUPID

FEBRUARY

FLOWERS

FOURTEENTH

HEART

KISS

LOVE

PROPOSAL

ROMANCE

ROSE

SAINT

VALENTINE

PANCAKE DAY WORDSEARCH

Pancake with red orange juice

Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and in 2013 it is on Tuesday 12th February.  Shrove is the past simple of an archaic verb which means “to confess”.

People had to use up all the cooking fat in the house before Lent [quaresima] so they made pancakes.  You make them in a frying pan and you have to toss and catch them!

In some parts of Britain there are special pancake races on this day. People have to run and toss the pancakes in their frying pans at the same time!  The most famous pancake race in Britain takes place in Olney in Buckinghamshire and it has been held since 1445.

W E M U E S I F G E F G R N G

N E B E K U B X G S T T I Y N

Y L D Y R G B G F U S S O T I

W R A N T A S C E V O R H S Y

Q D E G E R Z S M L F A T N R

V T X T H S D T R L E G G B F

P T A A T A D P Y R R M R W B

W A V N Y U C A T C H U O C Y

G W N M P F B N Y K O Y A N I

T Y R V Z K H C G L Y E S A D

U N H D P I I A F H H C H Y M

A Z E N B T S K B T A A B R B

Z A Q L Z Z R E Q F T R L M F

G N V X L J F H X R P M Q P Q

C M Z W R M D J L M Q N H H M

ASH

BUTTER

CATCH

DAY

EGGS

FAT

FLOUR

FRYING

LEMON

LENT

PAN

PANCAKE

RACE

SHROVE

SUGAR

TOSS

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

BONE IDIOMS

Richard lll

With no offence intended to England's last Plantagenet king, Richard lll, whose skeleton, it has been confirmed, was found under a Leicester car park, here are some bone idioms for you to match with their meanings:

1.  bone dry

2.  to make no bones about it

3.  to be all skin and bone

4.  to be bone idle

5.  to bone up on something

6.  to have a bone to pick with someone

7.  [to say something that is] close to the bone

8.  to be like a dog with a bone

a.  to stubbornly refuse to stop talking about something

b.  to study or revise [ripassare] something quickly, possibly for a test

c.  to say something that hurts or offends someone because the person is particularly sensitive about it

d.  to be absolutely clear and insistent about what you think

e.  to need to speak to someone about something they have done which has made you angry

f.  not wet at all

g.  to be very thin

h.  to be very lazy

To see the answers, highlight the space below:

1f, 2d, 3g, 4h, 5b, 6e, 7c, 8a.