a_dictionary = {"name" : "John", "age" : 35, "height" : 65} dict_items = a_dictionary.items() first_two = list(dict_items)[:2] print(first_two) OUTPUT [('name', 'John'), ('age', 35)] first_three = list(dict_items)[:3] print(first_three) OUTPUT [('name', 'John'), ('age', 35), ('height', 65)]