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Spell Bee Word: Afterthought

Afterthought (noun): something that is thought of or added later, not as part of the first plan.


What does afterthought mean?

Word: Afterthought

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Afterthought means something that is thought of or added later, not as part of the first plan.

How do you spell afterthought?

Syllables: af - ter - thought

Tricky part: The hard part is thought, which has the letters ough followed by t. Students often write afterthot or aftertought.

Watch out for: afterthougt, aftertought, afterthot

Memory tip: For the second half, write ought and then wrap it with th at the front and t at the back: th + ough + t.

Afterthought in a sentence

Example 1: The cherry on top of the cake was an afterthought.

Example 2: Grandpa added a funny line to the card as an afterthought.

Example 3: The small window in the garage was an afterthought; it was not in the plan.

Fun Fact

The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for postscript, Latin for written after. It is a written afterthought.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) sunflour
b) nightmair
c) afterthought
d) fingernale

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c) afterthought. Only afterthought has both halves right; the others should read nightmare, sunflower and fingernail.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

affterthought

a) f
b) r
c) e
d) t

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a) f. After has one f, the same as in afternoon.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hgotraufteht

a) afterthought
b) thoughtful
c) forethought
d) aftermath

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a) afterthought. Only afterthought uses all twelve letters; thoughtful, aftermath and forethought each leave some out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a gift was an afterthought, it was ____.

a) wrapped beforehand
b) added at the last moment
c) planned for months
d) chosen with great care

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b) added at the last moment

2. The opposite of an afterthought is ____.

a) a last-minute idea
b) a late addition
c) careful planning
d) a quick extra

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c) careful planning

Associated Words

Words that end in -ght: eyesight, copyright, delight, moonlight, drought, insight

More words from this list

canyon, dependable, expect, import, merge, precede, seasoning, total

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