Class 4 English — Alphabetical order
Put words in dictionary order, using the second letter when the first letters are the same.
Name: ________________________
1.A dictionary page has the guide words "lamp" and "leaf" at the top. Which word is on that page?
- a) lead
- b) lemon
- c) lion
- d) ladder
2.Sort each pair by which letter decides the order of the two words.
Groups: The first letter decides · The second letter decides
- tree and bell
- sun and moon
- tree and tap
- cat and dog
- sun and sea
- cat and cup
3.Which comes first in a dictionary, "table" or "tap"? Write that word.
4.Put these words in dictionary order.
- city
- cent
- crow
- cake
- cloud
5.Put these words in dictionary order.
- ant
- cat
- egg
- bird
- dog
6.Which of these words would come first in a dictionary?
- a) cloud
- b) city
- c) crow
- d) cake
7.Which pair of words is already in dictionary order?
- a) sea, sand
- b) sand, shell
- c) shell, sand
- d) shell, sea
8.Which comes first in a dictionary, "pencil" or "paint"? Write that word.
Answer key — Class 4 English — Alphabetical order
- 1. a) lead
- 2. cat and dog → The first letter decides; cat and cup → The second letter decides; sun and moon → The first letter decides; sun and sea → The second letter decides; tree and bell → The first letter decides; tree and tap → The second letter decides
- 3. table
- 4. 1. cake 2. cent 3. city 4. cloud 5. crow
- 5. 1. ant 2. bird 3. cat 4. dog 5. egg
- 6. d) cake
- 7. b) sand, shell
- 8. paint