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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"?

  1. "big" and "small" are opposites.
  2. 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

  1. train, car, bike are all vehicles. "horse" is not.
  2. 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?

  1. What a character does and says shows how they feel.
  2. So the answer is: proud

Answer: proud

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?

  1. Some words mean nearly the same thing but show a different way of doing it.
  2. 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?

  1. Words connect to places and things in real life.
  2. So the answer is: at the beach

Answer: at the beach

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.

  1. Some words have two meanings. The rest of the sentence tells us which one.
  2. So the answer is: to move through the air with wings

Answer: to move through the air with wings

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