The Town or a Business? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on goods and services a government provides, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.12.K-2. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: The town provides or A business sells?
Sort: Fish at stall 2, Cheese at Ford Dairy, The town museum, The library and its roof
The town providesA business sells
2.Sort each one: The town provides or A business sells?
Sort: Cloth woven in the town, The river wall, Vegetables from Hill Farm, The bridge
The town providesA business sells
3.Sort each one: The town provides or A business sells?
Sort: The record office, Oranges from Spain, The school, Bread from the bakery
The town providesA business sells
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Town or a Business?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cheese at Ford Dairy — A business sells 2. Fish at stall 2 — A business sells 3. The library and its roof — The town provides 4. The town museum — The town provides
2.1. Cloth woven in the town — A business sells 2. The bridge — The town provides 3. The river wall — The town provides 4. Vegetables from Hill Farm — A business sells
3.1. Bread from the bakery — A business sells 2. Oranges from Spain — A business sells 3. The record office — The town provides 4. The school — The town provides
Questions about The Town or a Business?
What does the The Town or a Business? worksheet cover?
It practises goods and services a government provides — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.12.K-2: Name things the government provides, like roads and schools. The instruction to pupils is “Sort each one into who provides it”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does The Town or a Business? practise?
D2.Eco.12.K-2 — D2.Eco.12.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe examples of the goods and services that governments provide.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
The Town or a Business? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.12.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does The Town or a Business? 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 The Town or a Business? can I print?
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.
Is The Town or a Business? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Town or a Business?, 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 D2.Eco.12.K-2?
Yes — “The Town or a Business?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.12.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. The Town or a Business? is the practice that follows it.
More practice for D2.Eco.12.K-2
Name things the government provides, like roads and schools.
Teaching this next? The Town or a Business? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.