alleryStart learning →The English alphabet starts with A and ends with Z. How many letters does it have in all?
- 26
- 25
- 24
- 27
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Correct answer: A. 26
The English alphabet is made of 26 letters, from A to Z.
Olympiad (Class 4) Ranking test and alphabet test — practice questions
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The English alphabet starts with A and ends with Z. How many letters does it have in all?Read the answer and worked solution →Counting from A as the 1st letter, which letter is the 8th letter?Read the answer and worked solution →Ani writes the alphabet in a row and puts a finger on number 15. Which letter is under his finger?Read the answer and worked solution →Start at F and hop forward three letters, one hop for each letter. Where do you land?Read the answer and worked solution →Start at M and step back two letters. Which letter do you reach?Read the answer and worked solution →Sonu picks the letter that sits halfway between C and I. Which letter does he pick?Read the answer and worked solution →Meera reads the alphabet backwards, beginning with Z as number 1. Which letter does she say as number 4?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading from Z backwards as number 1, Karan stops at number 7. Which letter is that?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the position of the letter P from the start of the alphabet?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the position of the letter R when counting from the end (Z is 1st)?Read the answer and worked solution →Ben starts at J and moves five letters to the right. Which letter does he reach?Read the answer and worked solution →Lata starts at T and walks six letters toward A. Which letter is she on?Read the answer and worked solution →How many vowel letters are there in the English alphabet?Read the answer and worked solution →Leaving out the first letter A, how many vowels are hiding in the letters from B to Z?Read the answer and worked solution →Count the letters that sit between D and J, but not D or J themselves. What is the count?Read the answer and worked solution →Alphabet cards are laid in a row. How many cards are there between the cards G and P?Read the answer and worked solution →C is the 3rd letter from the start. Which letter is the 3rd from the end?Read the answer and worked solution →Ria counts the alphabet from the back, with Z as number 1. Which letter gets number 11?Read the answer and worked solution →Joe gives number 1 to Z, number 2 to Y, and so on. Which letter gets number 9?Read the answer and worked solution →Which letter comes just before the first vowel that follows F?Read the answer and worked solution →After the letter V, how many more letters are left in the alphabet?Read the answer and worked solution →Some letters stand in front of D in the alphabet. How many are there?Read the answer and worked solution →A, C, E, G and then what? Pick the letter that continues the pattern.Read the answer and worked solution →Look at the pattern B, E, H, K. Which letter should come next?Read the answer and worked solution →The letters Z, X, V, T go backwards in jumps. What comes after T?Read the answer and worked solution →Letter pairs are lined up like this: AB, CD, EF. What is the next pair?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of these letters is NOT a vowel?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these would a dictionary print first?Read the answer and worked solution →Of these four, which word sits at the bottom of a dictionary list?Read the answer and worked solution →Mina sorts four word cards from A to Z. Which card goes on the left end?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Counting from A as the 1st letter, which letter is the 8th letter?
- I
- G
- H
- J
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Correct answer: C. H
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H: the 8th letter in the row is H.
Ani writes the alphabet in a row and puts a finger on number 15. Which letter is under his finger?
- L
- O
- M
- N
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Correct answer: B. O
Counting on from A, the 15th letter is O.
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