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Naming Words and Doing Words is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on sorting words into nouns and verbs, aligned to Common Core standard L.K.1. 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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Naming Words and Doing Words

L.K.1

NameDate

Sort each word into the right column.

1.Sort each word: noun or verb.

Sort: borrow, village, invent, window, pencil, wander, shiver, puppy

nounverb
2.Sort each word: noun or verb.

Sort: kitchen, bicycle, whisper, sister, pencil, explain, protect, arrive

nounverb
3.Sort each word: noun or verb.

Sort: whisper, escape, borrow, invent, engine, forest, teacher, river

nounverb

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Answer key — Naming Words and Doing Words

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.noun: village, window, pencil, puppy; verb: borrow, invent, wander, shiver
  2. 2.noun: kitchen, bicycle, sister, pencil; verb: whisper, explain, protect, arrive
  3. 3.noun: engine, forest, teacher, river; verb: whisper, escape, borrow, invent

More practice for L.K.1

Use nouns, verbs and question words correctly when you speak and write.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.K.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.