Are these prepositions?

Yes. On, in, under, beside, behind and between are prepositions; kindergarten standards call them position words because the grammar name comes later.

Six words is a short list. Is a second sheet the same sheet?

The words repeat and the order changes with every print. That is deliberate: this is a small vocabulary a child should own completely, and every picture on it is one a child can only answer one way.

Kindergarten positional words

Kindergarten positional words worksheets

Position words, or positional words, say where one thing sits in relation to another. The same cat appears in all six pictures on this sheet, so the only thing a child has to read is where it is, and then write the word for it: under, beside, behind, in front of, between, far from.

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The kind of pictures you'll get

Look at each picture. Where is the cat? Find that word in the word bank and write it on the line.

between
above
under
in front of
far from
beside

The sheet's own words sit in a bank at the top, shuffled, and every picture has a line under it. The child finds the word and writes it. The key lists the words in order.

Every print pulls a new set of pictures at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a kindergarten sheet

Kindergarten sheets draw from 7 pictures, 6 to a page. Kindergarten and 1st grade print from the same 7 pictures. What changes is the standard (L.K.1.e here) and the teaching notes below.

Some of the words:

underbesidein front ofbehindbetweenabovefar from

Picture words. Look at each picture. Where is the cat? Find that word in the word bank and write it on the line. 6 pictures per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Read the word bank aloud together before anything is written, then go picture by picture: where is the cat? Say it in a whole sentence, "the cat is under the box", and only then find the word. Children who hunt the bank first start matching word shapes instead of reading pictures.

Watch for: Guessing from the picture's mood instead of its place. The cat is doing nothing different in any of these; only where it sits changes, so look at the cat and the box together, never the cat alone. Mixing up beside, behind and in front of. Stand the child next to a real box and say the word as they move. Behind means the box hides part of the cat; in front of means the cat hides part of the box. Writing next to or by for beside. Those are good answers in speech and the sheet asks for the word in the bank, which is beside. Reading far from as a small gap. It is the one word on the sheet that needs the whole picture: the cat is at one edge and the box at the other.

Common questions about kindergarten positional words

Are these prepositions?: Yes. On, in, under, beside, behind and between are prepositions; kindergarten standards call them position words because the grammar name comes later.
Six words is a short list. Is a second sheet the same sheet?: The words repeat and the order changes with every print. That is deliberate: this is a small vocabulary a child should own completely, and every picture on it is one a child can only answer one way.

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Aligned to Common Core L.K.1.e. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated October 2026.

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