Year 1 Shape and Geometry Worksheet - Beginner

Year 1 Shape and Geometry worksheet for Year 1 (Key Stage 1 / Year 1-2 (Ages 5-7)). Beginner level maths practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Shape Explorers: 2-D, 3-D and Turns

Key Stage 1 • Year 1 level • Beginner

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Instructions: Look carefully at each shape or movement clue. Name shapes, count their sides, and use the turn words to help you work out each answer. Write your answers in the boxes.

Name the 2-D Shapes

Read each clue and write the shape name in the box. A circle has no straight sides. A square has four equal sides, while a rectangle has four sides with opposite sides equal.

1. I have 3 straight sides. What shape am I?

2. I have 4 equal straight sides. What shape am I?

3. I have 4 straight sides. My opposite sides are equal. What shape am I?

4. I am round and have no straight sides. What shape am I?

Count the Sides

Count the straight sides of each shape. Write the number in the box. A circle has no straight sides, so its answer is 0.

1. Triangle: how many straight sides?

2. Square: how many straight sides?

3. Rectangle: how many straight sides?

4. Circle: how many straight sides?

Name the 3-D Shapes

Read each clue and write the name of the 3-D shape. Think about whether it has flat faces or a curved surface.

1. I am shaped like a ball. I have one curved surface and no flat faces. What shape am I?

2. I have 6 equal square faces. What shape am I?

3. I have 6 rectangular faces, like a cereal box. What shape am I?

4. I have a base and flat triangular faces that meet at a point. What shape am I?

Shapes Around Us

Choose the best shape name for each object. Use the word bank; each answer is used once. Remember that an object’s shape may be like a 2-D shape or a 3-D shape.

Word bank: circle, square, cube, sphere

1. The face of a square floor tile is like a ___.

2. A ball is shaped like a ___.

3. The front of a round clock is like a ___.

4. A toy block with six equal square faces is a ___.

Turns and Directions

Imagine you are facing forwards. A quarter turn is one of four equal turns; a half turn is two quarter turns. Write the turn or direction that completes each answer.

1. One quarter turn to the right is a ___ turn.

2. Two quarter turns make a ___ turn.

3. Three quarter turns make a ___ turn.

4. A whole turn brings you back to the direction you started. After a whole turn, are you facing the same way or a different way?

5. You face forwards and make a half turn. Are you now facing forwards or backwards?

Answer Key

Activity 1: triangle ; square ; rectangle ; circle

Activity 2: 3 ; 4 ; 4 ; 0

Activity 3: sphere ; cube ; cuboid ; pyramid

Activity 4: square ; sphere ; circle ; cube

Activity 5: quarter ; half ; three-quarter ; same way ; backwards