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Words That Go Together is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on sorting words into the categories they belong to, aligned to Common Core standard L.1.5. 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.

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Words That Go Together

L.1.5

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Sort each word into the right column.

1.Sort each word: noun or adverb.

Sort: quickly, smoothly, mountain, river, sadly, pencil

nounadverb
2.Sort each word: noun or adverb.

Sort: market, kitchen, quietly, sadly, gently, village

nounadverb
3.Sort each word: noun or adverb.

Sort: smoothly, loudly, village, teacher, island, boldly

nounadverb

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Answer key — Words That Go Together

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.noun: mountain, river, pencil; adverb: quickly, smoothly, sadly
  2. 2.noun: market, kitchen, village; adverb: quietly, sadly, gently
  3. 3.noun: village, teacher, island; adverb: smoothly, loudly, boldly

More practice for L.1.5

Sort words into categories and tell apart words with close meanings.

Teaching this next? Sorting Words Into Groups is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.1.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.