IXL | Use guide words | 3rd grade language arts

Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?

heard - hull

hand

highway

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

happen - hurt

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.

If one word is shorter, and there are no more letters to compare, then the shorter word comes first in alphabetical order. For example, be comes before bed.

solution

Put the words in alphabetical order.

happen	heart	hurt

Since heart is between the guide words happen - hurt, it would be found on that page.

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