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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Alphabetical Sorting 1 (Questions)

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Alphabetical sorting is to order words according to the alphabet. To put words into alphabetical order, start with the first letter of each word nearest the letter 'a'. If two words start with the same letter, look at the second letter of each and so on.

Try our first quiz on Alphabetical Sorting.

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
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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Alphabetical Sorting 1 (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'/'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: '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
Fourth letter of 'added'/'additional' decides 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
Fourth letter of 'anger'/'angered' 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' are now in 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
'Voice'/'voiced'/'voices' are in alphabetical order
9. Which of the following lists is in alphabetical order?
[ ] Advanced, advancement, advance
[ ] Commonly, common, commoner
[ ] Jig, jiggled, jiggle
[x] Jog, jogged, jogging
Fifth letter of 'jogged'/'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' are alphabetically ordered