Putting Words in Alphabetical Order
To alphabetize words, order them by their first letters.
The order to put them in is by the order of the alphabet:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
These words are NOT in alphabetical order:
pig  bat  zebra  cow
To put them in alphabetical order, look at the first letters:
pig  bat  zebra  cow
In the alphabet, b comes before c, which comes before p, which comes before z.
So, the correct alphabetical order of the words is:
bat  cow  pig  zebra
When words begin with the same letter, look at the second letters to put them in alphabetical order.
If the first two letters are the same, look at the third.
To put them in alphabetical order, look at the second letters of the words.
fish  ferret  falcon
The correct alphabetical order is --
falcon  ferret  fish