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KEY WORDS
F
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dictionary
work
24
UNIT
10
Write the answers to these questions in your book.
What is:
1 the first letter? 2 the last letter?
3 the letter after g? 4 the letter after s?
5 the letter before m? 6 the letter before d?
7 Which comes first, f or k? 8 Which comes first, j or v?
9 Which letter is between l and n? 10 Is u nearer to g or z?
11 Which letter is between d and f ? 12 Is e nearer to b or m?
13 Which two letters are nearest to the middle of the alphabet?
14 Which is the middle vowel letter?
15 Which is the last vowel letter?
16 Which consonants come between the first two vowel letters?
17 Which consonants come between the last two vowel letters?
Remember, there are 26 letters in the alphabet. Five of the letters
are called vowels. The rest are called consonants.
E
XTENSION
Remember, to put words that all begin with the same letter into
alphabetical order you need to look at the second letter of each
word.
aeroplane ant apple axe
1 hom hlp hut
2 wood watr whn will
3 bd brothr boy bak
4 not nam nxt night
Write the words in each of these groups in the order they would be
in a dictionary.
E
XTRA
25
The words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order. Words starting
with a come first, words starting with b come second, words
starting with c come third, and so on.
1 h a 2 d t k z 3 B S K L
4 G J P R A 5 m j d y s 6 p f a q v d
1 b at ant
2 baby appl dog ow
3 hou lion fi
4 jlly pay gam ak
A Write each of these groups of letters in alphabetical order.
B Write each of these groups of words in alphabetical order.
Alphabetical order
means the letters are
put in the order of the
letters in the alphabet.