Naming Words and Doing Words is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on sorting words into nouns and verbs, aligned to Common Core standard L.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.
L.K.1
Sort each word into the right column.
Sort: puppy, whisper, pencil, gallop, explain, forest, swallow, island
Sort: wander, island, kitchen, escape, pencil, gather, engine, explain
Sort: island, listen, forest, gather, shiver, decide, village, pencil
LessonPrint · L.K.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practices sorting words into nouns and verbs — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on Common Core L.K.1: Use nouns, verbs and question words correctly when you speak and write. The instruction to students is “Sort each word into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1 — L.K.1, under Language for Kindergarten. The published standard reads: “Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Naming Words and Doing Words is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on L.K.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students 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 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.
Yes. Naming Words and Doing Words, 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 — “Naming Words and Doing Words” is a 30-minute Kindergarten plan for L.K.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Naming Words and Doing Words is the practice that follows it.
Use nouns, verbs and question words correctly when you speak and write.
Teaching this next? Naming Words and Doing Words is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.K.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.