Alphabetical Order Worksheets - Free Printable

Explanation:
Let’s solve each part step by step.

Questions 1 and 2:
We need to know the English alphabet in order:

A (1), B (2), C (3), D (4), E (5), F (6), G (7), H (8), I (9), J (10), K (11), L (12), M (13), N (14), O (15), P (16), Q (17), R (18), S (19), T (20), U (21), V (22), W (23), X (24), Y (25), Z (26)

So:
1) The 11th letter is K
2) The 19th letter is S

✔ Double-check: Count slowly — A=1, B=2, ..., K=11 ✔; S is after R (18), so S=19 ✔.

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Questions 3–8: Put words in alphabetical order.
Rule: Compare word by word, letter by letter, from left to right — like how a dictionary arranges words.

Let’s do each set one by one.

3) basket, bake, babble, bacon, battle
First letters: all start with b, so look at second letter:
- babble → b-a-b...
- bacon → b-a-c...
- bake → b-a-k...
- basket → b-a-s...
- battle → b-a-t...

All have “ba”, so now third letter:
- babble: b
- bacon: c
- bake: k
- basket: s
- battle: t

Alphabetically: b < c < k < s < t
So order:
babble, bacon, bake, basket, battle

✔ Check: babble (bab), bacon (bac), bake (bak), basket (bas), battle (bat) — yes, correct.

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4) daisy, deep, dairy, danger, deer
All start with d, second letter:
- daisy → a
- deep → e
- dairy → a
- danger → a
- deer → e

So group by second letter:
Group 1 (da): daisy, dairy, danger
Group 2 (de): deep, deer

Now sort Group 1 (all “da”): look at third letter:
- daisy → i
- dairy → i
- danger → n

So daisy and dairy both have “dai”, compare 4th letter:
- daisy: s
- dairy: r
r comes before s → dairy before daisy

Then danger (dan) comes after dai → danger last in this group.

So Group 1 order: dairy, daisy, danger

Group 2 (de): deep vs deer
Third letter:
- deep → e
- deer → e
Fourth letter:
- deep → p
- deer → r
p comes before r → deep before deer

So full order:
dairy, daisy, danger, deep, deer

✔ Let’s verify:
dairy (d-a-i-r-y)
daisy (d-a-i-s-y) — r < s, so dairy first ✔
danger (d-a-n-g-e-r) — n > i, so after daisy ✔
deep (d-e-e-p)
deer (d-e-e-r) — p < r, so deep before deer ✔

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5) fancy, faith, fang, fail, fade
All start with f, second letter = a for all.

Third letter:
- fancy → n
- faith → i
- fang → n
- fail → i
- fade → d

So sort by third letter: d < i < n
→ fade (d) first
Then faith & fail (i)
Then fancy & fang (n)

Now sort faith vs fail: both “fai”, fourth letter:
- faith → t
- fail → l
l < t → fail before faith

fancy vs fang: both “fan”, fourth letter:
- fancy → c
- fang → g
c < g → fancy before fang

So full order:
fade, fail, faith, fancy, fang

Wait — check again:
fade (f-a-d)
fail (f-a-i-l)
faith (f-a-i-t)
fancy (f-a-n-c)
fang (f-a-n-g)

Yes: d < i < n, and within i: l < t, within n: c < g
So correct: fade, fail, faith, fancy, fang

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6) horse, happy, house, hair, halve
All start with h, second letter:
- horse → o
- happy → a
- house → o
- hair → a
- halve → a

So group:
Group A (ha): happy, hair, halve
Group B (ho): horse, house

Sort Group A (ha): third letter:
- happy → p
- hair → i
- halve → l

i < l < p → hair, halve, happy

Group B (ho): third letter:
- horse → r
- house → u
r < u → horse, house

Full order:
hair, halve, happy, horse, house

✔ Check: hair (h-a-i), halve (h-a-l), happy (h-a-p), horse (h-o-r), house (h-o-u) — correct.

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7) knee, kick, knife, kennel, kestrel
All start with k, second letter:
- knee → n
- kick → i
- knife → n
- kennel → e
- kestrel → e

So group by second letter: e, i, n
e < i < n

Group e: kennel, kestrel
Compare third letter:
- kennel → n
- kestrel → s
n < s → kennel, kestrel

Group i: kick (only one)

Group n: knee, knife
Third letter:
- knee → e
- knife → i
e < i → knee, knife

So full order:
kennel, kestrel, kick, knee, knife

✔ Verify:
kennel (k-e-n), kestrel (k-e-s), kick (k-i-c), knee (k-n-e), knife (k-n-i) — yes.

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8) mare, match, make, magpie, mouse
All start with m, second letter:
- mare → a
- match → a
- make → a
- magpie → a
- mouse → o

So group: ma (4 words), mo (1 word)
ma < mo, so mouse last.

Now sort the “ma” words: look at third letter:
- mare → r
- match → t
- make → k
- magpie → g

g < k < r < t
So:
- magpie (g)
- make (k)
- mare (r)
- match (t)

Thus full order:
magpie, make, mare, match, mouse

✔ Check:
magpie (m-a-g), make (m-a-k), mare (m-a-r), match (m-a-t), mouse (m-o-u) — correct.

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Now compile all answers:

1) K
2) S
3) babble, bacon, bake, basket, battle
4) dairy, daisy, danger, deep, deer
5) fade, fail, faith, fancy, fang
6) hair, halve, happy, horse, house
7) kennel, kestrel, kick, knee, knife
8) magpie, make, mare, match, mouse

Final Answer:
1) K
2) S
3) babble, bacon, bake, basket, battle
4) dairy, daisy, danger, deep, deer
5) fade, fail, faith, fancy, fang
6) hair, halve, happy, horse, house
7) kennel, kestrel, kick, knee, knife
8) magpie, make, mare, match, mouse