Reception and Year 1 in England
Kindergarten vocabulary
6 kindergarten vocabulary skills, each with a worked example, free practice that checks every answer, and a printable worksheet. Start with a mixed review, or jump to the skill you need.
Mixed review
Ten questions drawn from every skill below.
Opposites
CCSS L.K.5.BEngland: Reception Vocabulary
Example
What is the opposite of "big"?
- "big" and "small" are opposites.
- So the answer is: small
Answer: small
Sorting words into groups
CCSS L.K.5.ACCSS L.1.5.AEngland: Reception VocabularyEngland: Y1 Vocabulary
Example
Which word does not belong with the others? bike, train, car, horse
- train, car, bike are all vehicles. "horse" is not.
- So the answer is: horse
Answer: horse
Feeling words: how does each character feel?
CCSS L.K.6CCSS RL.K.3England: Reception Communication and LanguageEngland: Y1 Reading
Example
Kai read a whole book by himself. He showed everyone. How does Kai feel?
- What a character does and says shows how they feel.
- So the answer is: proud
Answer: proud
Builds on: Opposites
Ways to move: walk, tiptoe, stomp, dash
CCSS L.K.5.DEngland: Reception Communication and LanguageEngland: Y1 Vocabulary
Example
Read the question and pick the best word. Which word means eating very fast and greedily?
- Some words mean nearly the same thing but show a different way of doing it.
- So the answer is: gobble
Answer: gobble
Words in real life: where would you find it?
CCSS L.K.5.CEngland: Reception Understanding the WorldEngland: Y1 Vocabulary
Example
Choose the best answer. Where would you find sand and waves?
- Words connect to places and things in real life.
- So the answer is: at the beach
Answer: at the beach
Builds on: Sorting words into groups
One word, two meanings (bat, duck, ring)
CCSS L.K.4.AEngland: Reception Communication and LanguageEngland: Y1 Vocabulary
Example
What does the word mean in THIS sentence? Birds fly south in winter.
- Some words have two meanings. The rest of the sentence tells us which one.
- So the answer is: to move through the air with wings
Answer: to move through the air with wings
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