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Spell Bee Word: Behind

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What does behind mean?

Word: Behind

Part of Speech: Preposition

Meaning: Behind means at the back of something or someone.

Antonyms: in front of

How do you spell behind?

Syllables: be - hind

Tricky part: The first vowel is e, as in be, not i.

Watch out for: behaind, beehind

Memory tip: Behind starts with be, like below, beside and between. All of them tell you where something is.

Behind in a sentence

Example 1: The ball rolled behind the cupboard.

Example 2: Who is standing behind you in the line?

Example 3: The sun went behind a big grey cloud.

Fun Fact

Hind is an old word for back. That is why an animal's back legs are called its hind legs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) behined
b) behinde
c) behynd
d) behind

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d) behind. Nothing comes after the d, and the second vowel is a plain i.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

behind

a) ahead
b) beneath
c) back
d) after

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a) ahead. If you are ahead, you are in front; behind means at the back.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nidheb

a) behidn
b) behnid
c) benhid
d) behind

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d) behind. All four start with be, so sort out the last four letters by saying them slowly.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

behi_d

a) n
b) l
c) r
d) m

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a) n. You can hear the n just before the d at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom left his bag behind at school. What happened?

a) He put it in front of him.
b) He forgot to bring it home.
c) He carried it on his back.
d) He gave it to a friend.

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b) He forgot to bring it home.

2. In a class photo, the tall children stand behind the short ones. Who is at the front?

a) only the teacher
b) nobody at all
c) the short children
d) the tall children

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c) the short children

Associated Words

Words that end in -ind: whirlwind, blind, wind, kind

More words from this list

college, excitement, Halloween, leadership, page, sandy, stockings, weed

Next steps

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