Alphabetical Order Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are doing two parts:
Part A: Circle the word that comes first in alphabetical order.
Part B: Circle the word that comes last in alphabetical order.

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Part A: First in Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical order means we look at the first letter of each word. If the first letters are the same, we look at the second letter, and so on.

#### Row 1: tree, dad, face, baby, new
First letters: t, d, f, b, n
Which comes first? → b (baby)
✔ Answer: baby

#### Row 2: arm, man, talk, fox, pipe
First letters: a, m, t, f, p
Which comes first? → a (arm)
✔ Answer: arm

#### Row 3: ship, wait, ice, pen, zip
First letters: s, w, i, p, z
Which comes first? → i (ice)
✔ Answer: ice

#### Row 4: tea, mail, yes, wild, gate
First letters: t, m, y, w, g
Which comes first? → g (gate)
✔ Answer: gate

#### Row 5: joy, hair, zoo, neck, tap
First letters: j, h, z, n, t
Which comes first? → h (hair)
✔ Answer: hair

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Part B: Last in Alphabetical Order

Now we want the word that comes last — meaning closest to Z.

#### Row 1: dog, pin, hen, lady, sky
First letters: d, p, h, l, s
Which comes last? → s (sky)
✔ Answer: sky

#### Row 2: jump, yard, fly, age, gift
First letters: j, y, f, a, g
Which comes last? → y (yard)
✔ Answer: yard

#### Row 3: bed, rose, van, open, car
First letters: b, r, v, o, c
Which comes last? → v (van)
✔ Answer: van

#### Row 4: wind, ear, seed, game, bag
First letters: w, e, s, g, b
Which comes last? → w (wind)
✔ Answer: wind

#### Row 5: ant, city, gas, kid, idea
First letters: a, c, g, k, i
Which comes last? → k (kid)
✔ Answer: kid

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Final Answer:

Part A (First):
1) baby
2) arm
3) ice
4) gate
5) hair

Part B (Last):
1) sky
2) yard
3) van
4) wind
5) kid