Page 1 of this Year 2 worksheet shows seven numbered 3D shapes and a word bank: cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere, square-based pyramid and triangular prism. Pupils write the name on the line under each picture. Page 2 shows seven everyday objects, from a dice and a cereal box to a football and a toy pyramid, and pupils name the shape of each from the same word bank. The key lists all fourteen answers. It follows England National Curriculum geometry.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects”
Page 2 links seven everyday objects to the 3D shape each one is, using the same word bank as page 1.
Seven numbered pictures with the word bank above them and two writing lines under each.
Seven objects to name by shape: a dice, cereal box, tin of beans, ice cream cone, football, toy tent and toy pyramid.
Both parts, numbered 1 to 7, including cuboid for the cereal box and triangular prism for the toy tent.
Shape hunt first
Put a tin, a box and a ball on the table and ask pupils to name each shape before they open page 1.
Cube or cuboid
Point at the dice and the cereal box and ask what makes them different. Pupils usually say the faces are not all the same.
Home task
Send page 2 home and ask pupils to find one more object for any three of the shapes in the word bank.
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