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Capital or Small? is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on telling a capital letter from a lower-case one, aligned to Common Core standard RF.K.1. 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Capital or Small?

RF.K.1

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Sort each letter into the right column.

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Answer key — Capital or Small?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. d — Small letter 2. D — Capital letter 3. f — Small letter 4. N — Capital letter 5. R — Capital letter 6. t — Small letter
  2. 2.1. a — Small letter 2. A — Capital letter 3. G — Capital letter 4. h — Small letter 5. q — Small letter 6. T — Capital letter
  3. 3.1. B — Capital letter 2. e — Small letter 3. H — Capital letter 4. j — Small letter 5. M — Capital letter 6. n — Small letter

Questions about Capital or Small?

What does the Capital or Small? worksheet cover?

It practices telling a capital letter from a lower-case one — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core RF.K.1: Know how a book works: front to back, left to right, and that the print is what is read. The instruction to students is “Sort each letter into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Capital or Small? practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1 — RF.K.1, under Reading: Foundational Skills for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Capital or Small? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on RF.K.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Capital or Small? come with an answer key?

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.

How many different versions of Capital or Small? 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 Capital or Small? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Capital or Small?, 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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.K.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.