Home / English / Printables / Kindergarten / How a Page Works How a Page Works is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on which way print runs and where reading starts, aligned to Common Core standard RF.K.1. It prints 8 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Tick the right answer.
1. Which page do you read first in an English book?
A. The right-hand page B. The left-hand page C. The last page 2. You have read the last word on a line. What do you do?
A. Go back to the first line B. Go down to the left of the next line C. Stop reading 3. Your finger is under the first word. Which way does it move?
A. To the right B. Upwards C. To the left 4. Where is the last word of a page?
A. In the middle of the page B. At the top of the page C. At the end of the bottom line 5. A book is open in front of you. Where do the words start?
A. At the bottom of the right page B. At the back cover C. At the top of the left page 6. Where on the page do you start reading?
A. In the middle B. At the top left C. At the bottom right 7. Which way do we read the words on a page?
A. Bottom to top B. Left to right C. Right to left 8. When we get to the end of a line, where do we go next?
A. Back to the top of the page B. Down to the start of the next line C. To the last word on the page LessonPrint · RF.K.1 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How a Page Works Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1. The left-hand page 2. Go down to the left of the next line 3. To the right 4. At the end of the bottom line 5. At the top of the left page 6. At the top left 7. Left to right 8. Down to the start of the next line More practice for RF.K.1 Know how a book works: front to back, left to right, and that the print is what is read.
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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.K.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.