The Town or the Shop? 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 shop sells?
Sort: Your shoes, Bin collection, The fire service, Your birthday cake
The town providesA shop sells
2.Sort each one: The town provides or A shop sells?
Sort: The library, The school, A bunch of flowers, A comic
The town providesA shop sells
3.Sort each one: The town provides or A shop sells?
Sort: The park, A loaf of bread, A new bike, Street lights
The town providesA shop sells
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.12.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Town or the Shop?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Bin collection — The town provides 2. The fire service — The town provides 3. Your birthday cake — A shop sells 4. Your shoes — A shop sells
2.1. A bunch of flowers — A shop sells 2. A comic — A shop sells 3. The library — The town provides 4. The school — The town provides
3.1. A loaf of bread — A shop sells 2. A new bike — A shop sells 3. Street lights — The town provides 4. The park — The town provides
Questions about The Town or the Shop?
What does the The Town or the Shop? 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 the Shop? 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 the Shop? 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 the Shop? 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 the Shop? 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 the Shop? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. The Town or the Shop?, 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 — “What the Town Gives Us” 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 the Shop? 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? What the Town Gives Us is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.