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Year 4 English — Alphabetical order

Put words in dictionary order, using the second letter when the first letters are the same.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which of these words would come first in a dictionary?

    • a) city
    • b) crow
    • c) cake
    • d) cloud

  2. 2.A dictionary page has the guide words "lamp" and "leaf" at the top. Which word is on that page?

    • a) lemon
    • b) ladder
    • c) lead
    • d) lion

  3. 3.Which comes first in a dictionary, "table" or "tap"? Write that word.

  4. 4.Put these words in dictionary order.

    • city
    • cloud
    • crow
    • cake
    • cent

  5. 5.Sort each word by whether it comes before or after "milk" in a dictionary.

    Groups: Before milk · After milk

    • moon
    • map
    • mind
    • mud
    • melon
    • match

  6. 6.Which letter comes straight after q in the alphabet?

    • a) p
    • b) s
    • c) r
    • d) o

  7. 7.Put these words in dictionary order. They all begin with the same letter, so the second letter decides.

    • bell
    • bud
    • boat
    • bat
    • bird

  8. 8.Which comes first in a dictionary, "pencil" or "paint"? Write that word.

Answer key — Year 4 English — Alphabetical order

  1. 1. c) cake
  2. 2. c) lead
  3. 3. table
  4. 4. 1. cake 2. cent 3. city 4. cloud 5. crow
  5. 5. match → Before milk; moon → After milk; melon → Before milk; mud → After milk; map → Before milk; mind → After milk
  6. 6. c) r
  7. 7. 1. bat 2. bell 3. bird 4. boat 5. bud
  8. 8. paint