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1. To put them in alphabetical order, in what order would you place apple, crayon, ball, dog?
2. Sometimes the letters that start the words you want to put in order aren't consecutive (that means one letter right after another). In what order do these words go: butterfly, elephant, helicopter, giraffe?
3. Now let's look at words who start with the same first letter. How would you put these words in alphabetical order: watch, worm, when, wild?
4. Sometimes the first two letters are the same. How would you place these words in alphabetical order: paper, pan, pace, party?
5. Suppose you want to alphabetize your books. You would usually do this by the author's last name, as a library might. What is the correct A,B,C order of the following authors: Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, Don Freeman, Judy Blume?
6. Alphabetization works the same way for proper nouns such as places of locations. What is the correct order of these cities: Edinburgh, London, Tokyo, Beijing?
7. If we want to put people in alphabetical order we normally would use the last name, but if we only know the first names we can put those in alphabetical order. What is the proper order of these names: Carolyn, Marten, Bethany, Logan?
8. Which word from the choices below comes first alphabetically?
9. What two words would go in the middle alphabetically if you had the list: fielder, pitcher, catcher and hitter?
10. Which word from the choices below comes last alphabetically?
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