Fun Foods: Put Words in Alphabetical Order worksheet with food-themed illustrations.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have a list of 25 food words. We need to put them in alphabetical order — that means from A to Z, like how they appear in a dictionary.

Here’s the original list:

shrimp
pumpkin
yam
chocolate
apples
lime
pasta
taco
muffin
cereal
pretzel
yogurt
pancake
jelly
figs
mango
banana
turkey
lemon
salami
milkshake
ice cream
biscuits
potatoes
tofu

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Step 1: Let’s write down all the words and sort them letter by letter.

Start with words that begin with A:
- apples

Then B:
- banana
- biscuits

Then C:
- cereal
- chocolate

Then F:
- figs

Then I:
- ice cream

Then J:
- jelly

Then L:
- lemon
- lime

Then M:
- mango
- milkshake
- muffin

Then P:
- pancake
- pasta
- potatoes
- pretzel
- pumpkin

Then S:
- salami
- shrimp

Then T:
- taco
- tofu
- turkey

Then Y:
- yam
- yogurt

Wait — let’s double-check we didn’t miss any or add extras.

Original count: 25 words.

Let’s list them again in order as we go:

1. apples
2. banana
3. biscuits
4. cereal
5. chocolate
6. figs
7. ice cream
8. jelly
9. lemon
10. lime
11. mango
12. milkshake
13. muffin
14. pancake
15. pasta
16. potatoes
17. pretzel
18. pumpkin
19. salami
20. shrimp
21. taco
22. tofu
23. turkey
24. yam
25. yogurt

That’s 25 — perfect.

Now, let’s verify each one is in correct alphabetical order.

Check between “lemon” and “lime” → L-E-M vs L-I-M → E comes before I → so lemon before lime ✔

“mango”, “milkshake”, “muffin” → M-A, M-I, M-U → A < I < U → correct ✔

“pancake”, “pasta”, “potatoes”, “pretzel”, “pumpkin”

→ p-a-n, p-a-s, p-o-t, p-r-e, p-u-m

Compare first two letters:

pancake (pa), pasta (pa) → same → third letter: n vs s → n comes before s → so pancake before pasta ✔

Then potatoes (po) → o comes after a → so after pasta ✔

pretzel (pr) → r comes after o → so after potatoes ✔

pumpkin (pu) → u comes after r → so last among P words ✔

“taco”, “tofu”, “turkey”

t-a, t-o, t-u → a < o < u → correct ✔

“yam”, “yogurt” → ya vs yo → a < o → correct ✔

All good!

Final Answer:
1. apples
2. banana
3. biscuits
4. cereal
5. chocolate
6. figs
7. ice cream
8. jelly
9. lemon
10. lime
11. mango
12. milkshake
13. muffin
14. pancake
15. pasta
16. potatoes
17. pretzel
18. pumpkin
19. salami
20. shrimp
21. taco
22. tofu
23. turkey
24. yam
25. yogurt