Basic Details
Word: Thank
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: To tell someone that you are grateful for something they have done or given you.
How to Spell Thank
Syllables: thank
Tricky part: The n before k is said like ng, so some students write thangk or thenk. It is simply t-h-a-n-k.
Watch out for: thenk, thanck, thangk
Memory tip: Spot the word than inside thank. Write than, then add a single k.
Idioms and Phrases
- thank your lucky stars: to be very glad that you were lucky Example: "You can thank your lucky stars that the bus waited for you this morning."
Usage Examples
Example 1: Remember to thank Dadi for the laddoos she sent from Lucknow.
Example 2: The captain stood up to thank the groundsmen after the final.
Example 3: I wrote a card to thank my music teacher on Teachers' Day.
Fun Fact
Thank and think are related. In Old English the noun thanc meant both a thought and gratitude, so to thank someone was, in a way, to show you were thinking of their kindness.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Before the prize-giving began, the head boy rose to khant the volunteers who had cleaned the hall.
a) tank
b) think
c) thank
d) thick
Show answer
c) thank. The jumble has five letters with an a and an n; think and thick have i, and tank has no h.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
At the end of the annual day, the principal walked to the microphone to thenk the parents, teachers and students for weeks of hard work.
a) microphone
b) principal
c) annual
d) thenk
Show answer
d) thenk. The vowel in thank is a, the same sound you hear in bank and tank.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. aknowledge 2. aprecciate 3. thank 4. gratitued
a) to understand the worth of something
b) the feeling of being thankful
c) to accept or admit that something is true
d) to tell someone you are grateful to them
Show answer
d) to tell someone you are grateful to them. Gratitude, acknowledge and appreciate are each misspelt, so the meaning to pick is that of thank.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When you thank someone, you show that you are ____.
a) nervous
b) grateful
c) curious
d) jealous
Show answer
b) grateful
2. Which word is the opposite of thankful?
a) unhappy
b) untidy
c) unkind
d) ungrateful
Show answer
d) ungrateful
