A Good Alphabetical Order Worksheet - Free Printable

Solution to "A Good Alphabetical Order" Worksheet

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#### Step 1: List of Words (Original)
Here are the words that mean "good," as given in the worksheet:

- stupendous
- superb
- commendable
- deluxe
- superior
- exceptional
- acceptable
- favorable
- great
- wonderful
- valuable
- pleasing
- choice
- admirable
- worthy
- excellent
- marvelous
- satisfactory
- neat
- select

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#### Step 2: Sort the Words Alphabetically

We will now sort these words in alphabetical order, comparing them letter by letter.

Let’s go through each word and arrange them step by step:

1. acceptable
2. admirable
3. choice
4. commendable
5. deluxe
6. excellent
7. exceptional
8. favorable
9. great
10. marvelous
11. neat
12. pleasing
13. select
14. superb
15. superior
16. satisfactory
17. stupendous
18. valuable
19. worthy
20. wonderful

> ✔ Note: The word "satisfactory" comes after "superior" because:
> - 's' is the same for both.
> - Compare second letters: 'a' (in satisfactory) vs. 'u' (in superior) → 'a' comes before 'u', so satisfactory comes before superior.

Wait — let's double-check this.

Actually, let's compare satisfactory and superior:
- s-a-t-i-s-f-a-c-t-o-r-y
- s-u-p-e-r-i-o-r

First letter: both 's' → tie
Second letter: 'a' vs 'u' → 'a' < 'u'

So satisfactory comes before superior.

But wait — earlier I listed superb and superior together.

Let’s fix this properly.

Let’s list all words again and sort carefully:

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✔ Correct Alphabetical Order:

1. acceptable
2. admirable
3. choice
4. commendable
5. deluxe
6. excellent
7. exceptional
8. favorable
9. great
10. marvelous
11. neat
12. pleasing
13. select
14. satisfactory ← comes before "superb"
15. superb
16. superior
17. stupendous
18. valuable
19. worthy
20. wonderful

Wait — stupendous starts with 's', but we need to check its position.

Compare:
- satisfactory → s-a-t...
- superb → s-u-p...
- superior → s-u-p...
- stupendous → s-t-u...

So:
- satisfactory → s-a → comes first
- Then stupendous → s-t → next
- Then superb → s-u → then superior → s-u-p-e-r-i-o-r

Now compare superb and superior:
- Both start with "super"
- superb → ends in 'b'
- superior → ends in 'i' → 'b' < 'i'

So: superb comes before superior

And stupendous → s-t-u-p-e-n-d-o-u-s → starts with 's', then 't'

So:
- satisfactory (s-a)
- stupendous (s-t)
- superb (s-u)
- superior (s-u)

Now compare stupendous and superb:
- First letter: s = s
- Second letter: t vs u → t < u → so stupendous comes before superb

So corrected order:

1. acceptable
2. admirable
3. choice
4. commendable
5. deluxe
6. excellent
7. exceptional
8. favorable
9. great
10. marvelous
11. neat
12. pleasing
13. select
14. satisfactory
15. stupendous
16. superb
17. superior
18. valuable
19. worthy
20. wonderful

✔ Now let’s verify:

- satisfactory (s-a) → earliest 's' word
- stupendous (s-t) → after 's-a'
- superb (s-u) → after 's-t'
- superior (s-u-p) → after 'superb'? Wait — superb vs superior:

Compare:
- superb → s-u-p-e-r-b
- superior → s-u-p-e-r-i-o-r

They share the first 5 letters: s-u-p-e-r

Then:
- superb: b
- superior: i

'b' comes before 'i' → so superb comes before superior

Yes.

So final correct alphabetical order:

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✔ Final Answer: Alphabetical Order

1. acceptable
2. admirable
3. choice
4. commendable
5. deluxe
6. excellent
7. exceptional
8. favorable
9. great
10. marvelous
11. neat
12. pleasing
13. select
14. satisfactory
15. stupendous
16. superb
17. superior
18. valuable
19. worthy
20. wonderful

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✔ Sentence Using One Word

Choose one word from the list and write a sentence.

Example using "stupendous":

> "The fireworks display was absolutely stupendous!"

Or using "excellent":

> "She gave an excellent presentation in class."

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✔ Summary

- The task was to sort synonyms for "good" alphabetically.
- We compared each word letter by letter.
- Special attention was paid to words starting with the same letter (like 's' words).
- Final list is correctly ordered from A to Z.

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