Name Shapes by Sides is a free printable Grade 2 maths worksheet on identifying a shape from its side count, aligned to Common Core standard 2.G.A.1. It prints 6 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.
2.G.A.1
Write the name of each shape.
LessonPrint · 2.G.A.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises identifying a shape from its side count — 6 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.G.A.1: Recognise and draw shapes by their number of sides and angles. The instruction to pupils is “Write the name of each shape”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.G.A.1 — 2.G.A.1, in the Geometry domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Name Shapes by Sides is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.G.A.1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 6 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. Name Shapes by Sides, 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 — “Recognising Shapes by Attributes” is a 45-minute Grade 2 plan for 2.G.A.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Name Shapes by Sides is the practice that follows it.
Recognise and draw shapes by their number of sides and angles.
Teaching this next? Recognising Shapes by Attributes is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.G.A.1 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.