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Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on telling the three kinds of sentence apart from their words, aligned to Common Core standard L.1.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

L.1.1

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Sort each sentence into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Telling or Asking or Exclaiming?

Sort: I like green apples, Sam lives next door, What a lovely surprise, Where is my hat, Is it raining, How tall the tree is

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2.Sort each one: Telling or Asking or Exclaiming?

Sort: Ben has two sisters, What a mess this is, Do you like cake, What a big dog, It rained all day, Why is the sky blue

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3.Sort each one: Telling or Asking or Exclaiming?

Sort: How old is your dog, How loud that drum is, What a huge cake, Who left the door open, We have art after lunch, The store is closed today

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 2. I like green apples — Telling 3. Is it raining — Asking 4. Sam lives next door — Telling 5. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 6. Where is my hat — Asking
  2. 2.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. Do you like cake — Asking 3. It rained all day — Telling 4. What a big dog — Exclaiming 5. What a mess this is — Exclaiming 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  3. 3.1. How loud that drum is — Exclaiming 2. How old is your dog — Asking 3. The store is closed today — Telling 4. We have art after lunch — Telling 5. What a huge cake — Exclaiming 6. Who left the door open — Asking

Questions about Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

What does the Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? worksheet cover?

It practices telling the three kinds of sentence apart from their words — 3 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core L.1.1: Use nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and conjunctions correctly. The instruction to students is “Sort each sentence into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1 — L.1.1, under Language for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on L.1.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Telling, Asking or Exclaiming? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.