IXL | Use guide words | 2nd grade language arts

Would you find the word stove on a dictionary page with the following guide words?

sigh - slope

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Would you find the word clown on a dictionary page with the following guide words?

cake - creek

yes

key idea

Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.

To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second letters. If the second letters are the same, look at the third letters, and so on.

solution

Put the words in alphabetical order.

cake	clown	creek

Since clown is between the guide words cake - creek, it would be found on that page.

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