Move, Place, and Go! Action, Position & Direction Words for KG 

This Kindergarten worksheet on Vocabulary – Action, Position and Direction Words helps young learners understand basic movement words, position words, and direction words through colorful picture-based activities. Designed especially for KG students, this worksheet builds early vocabulary and word recognition skills in a fun and interactive way. 

Through circling pictures, identifying correct actions, recognizing position words like “on” and “under,” and understanding direction words like “left” and “right,” children begin to connect words with visual meaning. These foundational concepts support sentence building, classroom instructions, and early comprehension skills. 

Why Action, Position & Direction Words Matter in Early Learning? 

Learning these vocabulary words helps children: 
1. Understand and follow classroom instructions easily. 
2. Build early speaking and sentence formation skills. 
3. Improve visual recognition and word-picture matching. 
4. Develop spatial awareness and movement understanding. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Circle the Correct Action Word 
Children circle pictures showing actions such as read, jump, eat, dance, clap, kick, drink, sit, walk, and run. 

📍 Exercise 2 – Circle the Correct Position Word 
Students identify pictures showing position words like on, under, in, behind, in front of, between, next to, above, below, and inside. 

➡️ Exercise 3 – Circle the Correct Direction Word 
Children recognize direction words including left, right, up, down, turn right, and turn left. 

🔎 Exercise 4 – Identify the Word Type 
Students look at pictures and circle whether the word shown represents an action, position, or direction. 

📖 Exercise 5 – Read and Circle the Correct Picture 
Children read simple words such as slide, swing, ball, park, bench, tree, gate, ground, sand, and grass, and circle the matching picture. 

ANSWER KEY (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Action Words 
READ – Child reading a book 
JUMP – Child jumping 
EAT – Child eating food 
DANCE – Child dancing 
CLAP – Child clapping 
KICK – Child kicking a football 
DRINK – Child drinking water 
SIT – Child sitting 
WALK – Child walking 
RUN – Child running 

Exercise 2 – Position Words 
ON – Object placed on top 
UNDER – Object under table/chair 
IN – Object inside a box 
BEHIND – Object behind another object 
IN FRONT OF – Object in front 
BETWEEN – Object between two objects 
NEXT TO – Object beside another 
ABOVE – Object higher than 
BELOW – Object lower than 
INSIDE – Object inside container 

Exercise 3 – Direction Words 
LEFT – Arrow pointing left 
RIGHT – Arrow pointing right 
UP – Arrow pointing up 
DOWN – Arrow pointing down 
TURN RIGHT – Curved arrow turning right 
TURN LEFT – Curved arrow turning left 

Exercise 4 – Word Type Identification 
Running boy – ACTION 
Child in front of car – POSITION 
Up arrow – DIRECTION 
Child swinging – ACTION 
Teddy inside box – POSITION 
Turn arrow – DIRECTION 
Girl skipping rope – ACTION 
Dog under table – POSITION 
Right arrow – DIRECTION 
Boy kicking – ACTION 

Exercise 5 – Picture Identification 
SLIDE – Playground slide 
SWING – Child on swing 
BALL – Football 
PARK – Playground 
BENCH – Wooden bench 
TREE – Tree 
GATE – Gate 
GROUND – Playground ground 
SAND – Sand dunes 
GRASS – Grass 

Make vocabulary learning fun and interactive with engaging action and position word practice designed just for young learners. 
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