Worksheet
Naming Words
A gentle first look at nouns, called naming words at this age. Children pick out the words that name people, animals, places and things,…
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- 10 min
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- 14 questions
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- Answers included
Free Kindergarten Nouns Worksheets
3 free nouns resources for Kindergarten: 3 worksheets. Answers included.
Common, proper, collective and abstract nouns. In Kindergarten, children build the foundations: recognizing and writing numbers to 20, counting objects, simple adding and taking away, naming shapes, and in English, letter sounds, early sight words, tracing letters and listening to and retelling stories.
Students will practice: identifying naming words; sorting words into people, places and things; writing naming words from everyday life; identifying naming words for people, animals and things; sorting naming words into groups; using naming words for everyday things; finding the naming word that tells who or what; choosing a naming word that makes sense.
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Worksheets
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
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Naming Words at Home: People, Animals and Things
Children look for naming words in a place they know well: home. They pick out words that name people, animals and things, sort words into…
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- Getting started
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- 10 min
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- 18 questions
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- Answers included
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Naming Words: Who or What?
Children learn that a naming word tells us who or what a sentence is about. They answer who and what questions with a naming word, choose…
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- Getting started
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- 10 min
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- 17 questions
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- Answers included
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What do Kindergarten students learn about nouns?
Common, proper, collective and abstract nouns. At Kindergarten, our resources focus on: identifying naming words; sorting words into people, places and things; writing naming words from everyday life; identifying naming words for people, animals and things.
Where should we start?
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Are answers included?
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
How to use these resources
- Do one grammar worksheet, then find the same feature in a book you're reading.
- Use the quiz at the end of a year level to check what's stuck.
- Apply the skill: edit a piece of your own writing for that feature.
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