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Words That Show Feelings is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on finding the words a writer chose to make you feel something, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 22 of them with 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 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 22 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Words That Show Feelings

RL.1.4

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Too Loud

The school band practised in the hall every Thursday. Sam played the drum. He liked it best when he could hit it hard. "Softer," said Mrs Otu. "The flutes cannot be heard." Sam did not want to play softly. But he tried it. This time he could hear the flutes too, winding above the drum like a bird. It sounded better than anything he had played before.

  1. 1. The flutes were "winding above the drum". What does that tell you about their sound?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Blue Door

At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas. One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow. Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."

  1. 1. The grass grew "as high as Tomas". What does that tell you?

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Answer key — Words That Show Feelings

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It curled and moved above the drum, high and light.
  2. 2.1. It had not been cut for a long time.

More practice for RL.1.4

Find the words a writer chose to make you feel or picture something.

Teaching this next? Words That Make You Feel Something is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.