{"id":167448,"date":"2024-11-15T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=167448"},"modified":"2024-11-15T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:12:08","slug":"which-of-the-following-series-of-words-is-in-alphabetical-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/15\/which-of-the-following-series-of-words-is-in-alphabetical-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following series of words is in alphabetical order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Which of the following series of words is in alphabetical order?
A. ghostly, grimace, guzzle, gripe, gown
B. helmet, hourly, hackney, holster, hillbilly
C. mayhem, medieval, mercenary, mildew, moron
D. illusion, illogical, intuition, interpret, identity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is B. helmet, hourly, hackney, holster, hillbilly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To determine if a series of words is in alphabetical order, we must compare the words one by one based on the first letter, then the second letter, and so on, in the same way we would look them up in a dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s analyze each option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Option A: ghostly, grimace, guzzle, gripe, gown<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • ghostly<\/strong> comes before grimace<\/strong> because “gh” comes before “gr”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • grimace<\/strong> comes before guzzle<\/strong> because “gr” comes before “gu”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • guzzle<\/strong> comes before gripe<\/strong> because “g” comes before “g” but the second letter “u” is after “i”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • gripe<\/strong> comes before gown<\/strong> because “gri” comes before “go”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This sequence is not in alphabetical order.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Option B: helmet, hourly, hackney, holster, hillbilly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • helmet<\/strong> comes before hourly<\/strong> because “he” comes before “ho”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • hourly<\/strong> comes before hackney<\/strong> because “ho” comes before “ha”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • hackney<\/strong> comes before holster<\/strong> because “ha” comes before “ho”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • holster<\/strong> comes before hillbilly<\/strong> because “ho” comes before “hi”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • **This sequence *is<\/em>* in alphabetical order.**<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Option C: mayhem, medieval, mercenary, mildew, moron<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • mayhem<\/strong> comes before medieval<\/strong> because “ma” comes before “me”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • medieval<\/strong> comes before mercenary<\/strong> because “me” comes before “me” but “d” comes before “r”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • mercenary<\/strong> comes before mildew<\/strong> because “m” comes before “m”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • mildew<\/strong> comes before moron<\/strong> because “mi” comes before “mo”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • This sequence is not in alphabetical order.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Option D: illusion, illogical, intuition, interpret, identity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • illusion<\/strong> comes before illogical<\/strong> because “il” comes before “il”, but “l” comes before “g”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • illogical<\/strong> comes before intuition<\/strong> because “il” comes before “in”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • intuition<\/strong> comes before interpret<\/strong> because “in” comes before “in”, but “t” comes before “r”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • interpret<\/strong> comes before identity<\/strong> because “in” comes before “id”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • This sequence is not in alphabetical order.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Thus, the only option that is in alphabetical order is Option B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Which of the following series of words is in alphabetical order?A. ghostly, grimace, guzzle, gripe, gownB. helmet, hourly, hackney, holster, hillbillyC. mayhem, medieval, mercenary, mildew, moronD. illusion, illogical, intuition, interpret, identity The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is B. helmet, hourly, hackney, holster, hillbilly. Explanation: To determine if a series of words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}