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Spell Bee Word: Gratitude


Basic Details

Word: Gratitude

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The warm, thankful feeling you have when someone has helped you or been kind to you.

Synonyms: thankfulness, thanks

How to Spell Gratitude

Syllables: grat - i - tude

Tricky part: The middle vowel is i, though it sounds like a quick uh, so children write gratatude. Many also write a d in place of the first t: graditude.

Watch out for: graditude, gratatude, gratitood

Memory tip: Gratitude ends exactly like attitude: -itude. Start with grat, as in grateful, never great.

Usage Examples

Example 1: I wrote a card to my teacher to show my gratitude.

Example 2: Full of gratitude, the old man thanked the boy who found his wallet.

Example 3: Dadi says a little gratitude every morning makes the whole day better.

Fun Fact

Gratitude comes from the Latin gratus, meaning thankful or pleasing. Grateful and gratis, which means free of charge, grew from the same root.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kindniss
b) jelousy
c) patiance
d) gratitude

Show answer

d) gratitude. Jealousy, kindness and patience are all misspelt in this set, which leaves gratitude.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

gratitude

a) jealousy
b) anger
c) thankfulness
d) pride

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c) thankfulness. Feeling gratitude means feeling thankful.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

itgatured

a) gratatude
b) gratitued
c) gratitude
d) graditude

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c) gratitude. The word begins grat, and the leftover letters give itude.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to form a word:

grat_t_de

a) a, u
b) e, o
c) i, o
d) i, u

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d) i, u. Gratitude ends in -itude, the same as attitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meena's friend shared her umbrella in the rain. What should Meena feel?

a) fear
b) gratitude
c) boredom
d) anger

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b) gratitude

2. Which sentence shows gratitude?

a) Thank you for helping me.
b) Go away now.
c) That is my pencil.
d) I am very sleepy.

Show answer

a) Thank you for helping me.

Associated Words

happinessstreamarrangeweightliftingbliss
melancholydefendspoiltigressadvice

Next steps

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