Basic Details
Word: Finished
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Brought something to an end, or completed it. As an adjective, finished means done, complete or fully made.
Synonyms: completed, ended, concluded
Antonyms: started, began
Sounds like: Finnish (from Finland, or the language spoken there)
How to Spell Finished
Syllables: fin - ished
Tricky part: There is only one n, and the ending is ished. Some students double the n or leave out the h of sh.
Watch out for: finnished, finised, finishd
Memory tip: Start with fin, the fin of a fish, which has one n. Add ish and then ed for something that is done: fin + ish + ed.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Dhruv finished his maths homework before the cricket match began.
Example 2: The finished painting now hangs in the school corridor.
Example 3: We finished the last of the mango pickle on Sunday.
Fun Fact
Finish comes through French finir from the Latin finis, meaning end, which also gives English final, finite and finale.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
By the time the monsoon arrived, the workers had finnished repairing the leaking roof of the village school and had painted all its walls.
a) monsoon
b) finnished
c) repairing
d) leaking
Show answer
b) finnished. Finish is built on fin, so it takes a single n.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of 'finished' as it is used in the sentence:
Ravi finished his science project two days before the deadline.
a) submitted
b) ended
c) completed
d) started
Show answer
d) started. Here finished means Ravi completed his project, so the opposite is started.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
The carpenter polished the hsinifed table until it shone like glass.
a) finished
b) fished
c) famished
d) furnished
Show answer
a) finished. Furnished needs a u and r, famished needs an a and m, and fished is too short; the jumble spells finished.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A finished product is one that is ____.
a) ready to use
b) never started
c) only half made
d) broken
Show answer
a) ready to use
2. Which sentence uses 'finished' as an adjective?
a) They finished the race.
b) She finished early.
c) He has finished eating.
d) The finished bridge opened in May.
Show answer
d) The finished bridge opened in May.
