2D and 3D Shapes Worksheet

Ages 5–7
Easy
2 pages
Worksheet
Answer key
PDF: Letter & A4
Updated 7 Nov 2026

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Twelve shapes in a grid, six flat and six solid, mixed up. Under each one children circle 2D if it is flat, like a drawing on paper, or 3D if it is solid, something you could hold. Watch for the pairs that are easy to mix up: a circle and a sphere, a square and a cube, a triangle and a cone or pyramid. The dashed lines on the 3D shapes are the edges at the back. Page 2 is the answer key.

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Tips for this shapes worksheet

Ask: could I pick it up and hold it? Then it is 3D.
Look for the dashed lines: only 3D shapes have hidden edges.
Find the flat shape that matches each solid one: circle and sphere, square and cube.

Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. Cut-out shape templates make good counters for sorting and patterns. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the faces, edges and vertices worksheet, the fraction worksheets (equal parts of shapes) and tangram puzzles. See all shapes worksheets.

For teachers and parents

What it practises: Naming 2D shapes and finding them in real life, sides, corners, patterns and sorting, 3D shapes: faces, edges and vertices
How to use it: Keep real things on the table: a ball, a box, a can, a party hat. Turn the flat shapes around so children learn that a turned triangle is still a triangle. Answers on page 2.
Time: About 10–15 minutes

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Printing tips

Hold up real things (a ball, a box, a can) next to the 3D sheets.
Turn a shape around: a triangle upside down is still a triangle.
Mark with page 2, then redo the wrong ones the next day.

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