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Sort the Words is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on putting words into groups that go together, aligned to Common Core standard L.K.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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Sort the Words

L.K.5

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Sort each word into the right column.

1.Sort each word: noun or adjective.

Sort: narrow, enormous, engine, island, window, forest, wooden, chilly

nounadjective
2.Sort each word: noun or adjective.

Sort: clumsy, mountain, narrow, sticky, river, sudden, window, puppy

nounadjective
3.Sort each word: noun or adjective.

Sort: brave, mountain, market, river, eager, sticky, wooden, teacher

nounadjective

LessonPrint · L.K.5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sort the Words

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.noun: engine, island, window, forest; adjective: narrow, enormous, wooden, chilly
  2. 2.noun: mountain, river, window, puppy; adjective: clumsy, narrow, sticky, sudden
  3. 3.noun: mountain, market, river, teacher; adjective: brave, eager, sticky, wooden

More practice for L.K.5

Sort words into groups and notice how words with close meanings differ.

Teaching this next? Words That Go Together is the 30-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.K.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.