Alphabetizing Words and Using Guide Words

When you alphabetize words, which letter do you look at first?

• The last letter.

• The middle letter.

• The 2nd letter.

• The 1st letter.

If all your words have the same 1st letter, which letter do you look at next to alphabetize?

• The last letter.

• The 2nd letter.

• The 1st letter.

• The middle letter.

Which word would come next after the word grow?

• igloo

• arrow

• zebra

• hanger

Which word comes before the word ice?

• crow

• glue

• jump

• kelp

Which word would come first in the dictionary?

corn or cob

• corn

• cob

• neither

Which answer is alphabetized correctly?

• dog, bacon, cat, apple

• apple, bacon, cat, dog

• cat, dog, bacon, apple

• bacon, apple, dog, cat

Which one of these words comes first?

• Arabic
• English
• Spanish
• Vietnamese

Which one of these words comes first?

• Martin
• Young 
• Cook
• Celeya

Put these words in correct alphabetical order:
cat
mat
sat
rat

• cat, mat, sat, rat
• cat, rat, sat, mat
• cat, rat, mat, sat
• cat, mat, rat, sat

Put these words in alphabetical order:
tree
bee
see
me

• bee, me, see, tree
• me, see, tree, bee
• bee, see, tree, me
• bee, me, tree, see