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Spell Bee Word: Another


What does another mean?

Word: Another

Part of Speech: Determiner

Meaning: Another means an extra one of the same kind, or a different one.

How do you spell another?

Syllables: an - oth - er

Tricky part: The middle vowel sounds like uh, but it is spelt o.

Watch out for: anoter, anothr

Memory tip: The middle sounds like uh, but it is spelt o. Picture a round o-shaped plate waiting for another pancake.

Another in a sentence

Example 1: May I have another pancake, please?

Example 2: Another bus will come in ten minutes.

Example 3: This pen is dry; please give me another.

Fun Fact

For a long time another was written as two separate words, with a space after the n.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sister
b) anothar
c) morning
d) rabbit

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b) anothar. Another ends in er; morning, sister and rabbit are spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hnteoar

a) aonther
b) another
c) anotehr
d) anhoter

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b) another. Say the word slowly and write down each sound as you hear it; the other three put two letters the wrong way round.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ano_her

a) t
b) s
c) d
d) f

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a) t. The middle sound is th, as in thumb, so t goes before the h.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

annother

a) o
b) n
c) t
d) h

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b) n. Another has only one n, so one of the pair must go.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'Let us play another game,' says Tara. What does she want?

a) to win the game
b) to stop the game
c) a game to watch
d) one more game

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d) one more game

2. Rani does not like this book. She wants another. What is she asking for?

a) two copies of it
b) a different book
c) the same book
d) no book at all

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b) a different book

Associated Words

Words that end in -ther: whether, grandmother, weather, grandfather, neither, feather

More words from this list

carpet, dive, ginger, inside, mittens, push, smoke, travel

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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