Words That Go Together is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on sorting words into the categories they belong to, aligned to Common Core standard L.1.5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
L.1.5
Sort each word into the right column.
Sort: neatly, loudly, window, sadly, engine, puppy
Sort: mountain, quickly, bravely, boldly, teacher, kitchen
Sort: village, teacher, quickly, forest, eagerly, rarely
LessonPrint · L.1.5 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises sorting words into the categories they belong to — 3 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core L.1.5: Sort words into categories and tell apart words with close meanings. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each word into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5 — L.1.5, in the Language domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Words That Go Together is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on L.1.5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 3 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.
25 — one per pupil, 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.
Yes. Words That Go Together, 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.
Yes — “Sorting Words Into Groups” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for L.1.5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Words That Go Together is the practice that follows it.
Sort words into categories and tell apart words with close meanings.
Teaching this next? Sorting Words Into Groups is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.1.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.