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English Quiz - Alphabetical Sorting 01 (Questions)

Alphabetical order helps you find and file words, names, and titles quickly. Practise sorting by the first letter, then the next, to organise lists with confidence.

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Fascinating Fact:

Bookshops and libraries use alphabetical sorting so an author like Malorie Blackman is shelved before Michael Morpurgo.

In KS3 English, alphabetical sorting supports clear organisation of names, titles, and terms. You will practise comparing letters in sequence, moving from the first letter to the second and beyond to order lists accurately.

Key Terms

Alphabetical order: Arranging words by A to Z, comparing one letter at a time.
Key letter: The letter you compare at a given step, often the first different letter.
Tie-break: The rule for words that start the same, compare the next letter to decide.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do I put words in alphabetical order?

Compare the first letters. If they match, compare the second, then the third, continuing until a difference appears. Place A earlier than Z at each comparison.

Do I ignore small words like a, an, the in titles?

Many catalogues ignore “A”, “An”, and “The” at the start of titles. If no rule is given, keep them but apply the same letter by letter comparison consistently.

How do I sort names with the same surname?

Order by surname first. If surnames match, sort by the first names, comparing letters in sequence until you find a difference.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Capitals, commas, colons
[ ]	End, exclamation, exit
[ ]	Persuade, punctuate, pretend
[ ]	Speech, semi-colon, subordinate

2.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Full, follow, flash
[ ]	Leave, lesson, letter
[ ]	Person, predict, preview
[ ]	Separate, single, strong

3.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Add, added, additional
[ ]	Decide, deduce, decipher
[ ]	Mean, might, map
[ ]	Product, people, place

4.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Differ, different, differentiate
[ ]	Eat, eaten, eats
[ ]	Stop, stopped, stopping
[ ]	Understood, understand, understanding

5.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Anger, angered, angry
[ ]	Maintain, maintaining, maintained
[ ]	Pencil, pen, penned
[ ]	Using, used, user

6.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Ice, iced, icy
[ ]	Latitude, latter, letter
[ ]	Spice, spiced, spicy
[ ]	Veto, vet, vetted

7.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Boxing, boxed, box
[ ]	Mat, mate, material
[ ]	Never, near, nevertheless
[ ]	Talking, talk, talked

8.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Rule, ruler, rules
[ ]	Slip, slipped, slipping
[ ]	Snap, snapped, snapping
[ ]	Voiced, voice, voices

9.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Advanced, advancement, advance
[ ]	Commonly, common, commoner
[ ]	Jig, jiggled, jiggle
[ ]	Jog, jogged, jogging

10.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Essence, essential, essentially
[ ]	Head, header, headline
[ ]	Point, pointed, pointer
[ ]	Quotation, quota, quote

English Quiz - Alphabetical Sorting 01 (Answers)

1.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Capitals, commas, colons
[x]	End, exclamation, exit
[ ]	Persuade, punctuate, pretend
[ ]	Speech, semi-colon, subordinate

Third letter of "exclamation" and "exit" decides the order

2.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[x]	Full, follow, flash
[ ]	Leave, lesson, letter
[ ]	Person, predict, preview
[ ]	Separate, single, strong

Alphabetical order would be flash/follow/full

3.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[x]	Add, added, additional
[ ]	Decide, deduce, decipher
[ ]	Mean, might, map
[ ]	Product, people, place

You have to look at the fourth letter of "added" and "additional" to decide the order

4.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Differ, different, differentiate
[ ]	Eat, eaten, eats
[ ]	Stop, stopped, stopping
[x]	Understood, understand, understanding

The eighth letter of each word decides the order here!

5.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[x]	Anger, angered, angry
[ ]	Maintain, maintaining, maintained
[ ]	Pencil, pen, penned
[ ]	Using, used, user

The fourth letter of "angered" and "angry" decides the order

6.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Ice, iced, icy
[ ]	Latitude, latter, letter
[ ]	Spice, spiced, spicy
[x]	Veto, vet, vetted

Vet/veto/vetted is the correct alphabetical order

7.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Boxing, boxed, box
[x]	Mat, mate, material
[ ]	Never, near, nevertheless
[ ]	Talking, talk, talked

Look at the third, then fourth, then fifth letters here

8.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Rule, ruler, rules
[ ]	Slip, slipped, slipping
[ ]	Snap, snapped, snapping
[x]	Voiced, voice, voices

The correct alphabetical order would be voice/voiced/voices

9.

Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Advanced, advancement, advance
[ ]	Commonly, common, commoner
[ ]	Jig, jiggled, jiggle
[x]	Jog, jogged, jogging

The fifth letter of "jogged" and "jogging" decides the order

10.

Which of the following lists is not in alphabetical order?

[ ]	Essence, essential, essentially
[ ]	Head, header, headline
[ ]	Point, pointed, pointer
[x]	Quotation, quota, quote

Quota/quotation/quote would be the correct alphabetical order