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Spell Bee Word: Ahead


What does ahead mean?

Word: Ahead

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Ahead means in front of someone or something, or further on.

How do you spell ahead?

Syllables: a - head

Tricky part: The end sounds like the ed in bed, but it is written with ea. Children often write ahed.

Watch out for: ahed, aheed

Memory tip: There is a loaf of bread on the road ahead. Bread and ahead make that short e sound with the same two letters.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. go ahead: to start or carry on doing something. Example: "The teacher said we could go ahead with the quiz."

Ahead in a sentence

Example 1: The road ahead was full of cows.

Example 2: Nikhil ran ahead to open the gate.

Example 3: Dark clouds lay ahead of us on the hill road.

Fun Fact

Sailors were among the first people to use this word, for the direction in which a ship's front was pointing.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

aheadd

a) a
b) e
c) d
d) h

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c) d. Bread finishes with just one of these, and so does this word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) uhead
b) ohead
c) ehead
d) ahead

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d) ahead. A short, weak sound opens the word, and it is written as in about and away.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hadea

a) ahdea
b) ahead
c) haead
d) adhea

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b) ahead. This is the one you would use for something in front of you.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

ahead

a) behind
b) onward
c) beyond
d) forward

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a) behind. Three of these point the same way; only this one points back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A road sign says: Bridge ahead. Where is the bridge?

a) further along this road
b) under the river bed
c) on a different road
d) back at the last town

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a) further along this road

2. Rani finished her work ahead of time. When did she finish?

a) long past the bell
b) earlier than needed
c) later than needed
d) a week after the rest

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b) earlier than needed

Associated Words

Words that end in -ead: bedspread, forehead, knead, lead, plead, gingerbread

More words from this list

camping, dinner, garment, income, milkshake, proof, skyscraper, track

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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