Words or Picture? is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on telling what the words teach from what the picture shows, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.The words say: "Tractors help farmers." The picture shows a red tractor pulling a plow. What do you learn only from the picture?
A.Tractors are very old
B.Tractors help farmers
C.The tractor is red
2.The words say: "A lighthouse warns ships about rocks." The picture shows a lighthouse with red and white stripes. What do you learn only from the words?
A.A lighthouse warns ships about rocks
B.The lighthouse has red and white stripes
C.Lighthouses are made of glass
3.The words say: "Bees visit flowers to collect nectar." The picture shows a bee on a purple flower. What do you learn only from the words?
A.Bees collect nectar
B.Bees sting people
C.The flower is purple
4.The words say: "A hedgehog rolls into a ball when it is scared." The picture shows a brown hedgehog under a hedge. What do you learn only from the words?
A.The hedgehog is brown
B.Hedgehogs can swim
C.A hedgehog rolls into a ball when scared
5.The words say: "A giraffe is the tallest animal." The picture shows a giraffe eating leaves at the top of a tree. What do you learn only from the picture?
A.Giraffes sleep standing up
B.A giraffe is the tallest animal
C.The giraffe is eating leaves from a tree
6.The words say: "Penguins eat fish." The picture shows penguins standing on ice. What do you learn only from the words?
A.The penguins are standing on ice
B.Penguins eat fish
C.Penguins can fly
7.The words say: "Ducks have webbed feet." The picture shows a duck with three yellow ducklings. What do you learn only from the picture?
A.Ducks have webbed feet
B.Ducks live in caves
C.The duck has three ducklings
8.The words say: "A snail moves very slowly." The picture shows a snail with a striped shell. What do you learn only from the picture?
A.Snails live in trees
B.The snail's shell is striped
C.A snail moves slowly
LessonPrint · RI.1.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Words or Picture?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The tractor is red
2.A lighthouse warns ships about rocks
3.Bees collect nectar
4.A hedgehog rolls into a ball when scared
5.The giraffe is eating leaves from a tree
6.Penguins eat fish
7.The duck has three ducklings
8.The snail's shell is striped
Questions about Words or Picture?
What does the Words or Picture? worksheet cover?
It practices telling what the words teach from what the picture shows — 8 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.6: Say which facts came from the picture and which came from the words. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Words or Picture? practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.6 — RI.1.6, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Words or Picture? is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.6, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Words or Picture? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Words or Picture? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Words or Picture? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Words or Picture?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.6?
Yes — “Did the Words or the Picture Tell You?” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.6, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Words or Picture? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.1.6
Say which facts came from the picture and which came from the words.