adverb · neutral
afterwards
UK/ˈɑːftəwəd/US/ˈæftərwərdz/AF·ter·wards
Band 5-6speakingtask2
at a later time; after something else has happened
Examples
“We had dinner and afterwards we went to a concert.”
“She apologised and afterwards left the room quietly.”
“The new rules were introduced in June and came into force afterwards.”
Band 8 sentence
“The committee met in the morning; afterwards, they published a summary of their conclusions online.”
Collocations
- shortly afterwards
- immediately afterwards
Word family
afterward adverb (US variant)afterwards adverb (BrE)
Common mistakes
afterword→afterwards
afterwords→afterwards
Say it for a higher band
5later→6after that→7+afterwards
Synonyms
later
subsequently
Easily confused
afterward
“He finished the meeting and afterward he called his family.”
later
“I'll do it later, when I have more time.”
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