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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: What a lovely surprise, How fast you ran, I like green apples, Can you help me, Sam lives next door, Why is the sky blue

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

Sort: We have art after lunch, What time is it, What a big dog, Who left the door open, How tall the tree is, My coat is blue

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

Sort: The store is closed today, It rained all day, What a mess this is, May I have a turn, Do you like cake, What a funny joke

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Can you help me — Asking 2. How fast you ran — Exclaiming 3. I like green apples — Telling 4. Sam lives next door — Telling 5. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  2. 2.1. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 2. My coat is blue — Telling 3. We have art after lunch — Telling 4. What a big dog — Exclaiming 5. What time is it — Asking 6. Who left the door open — Asking
  3. 3.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. It rained all day — Telling 3. May I have a turn — Asking 4. The store is closed today — Telling 5. What a funny joke — Exclaiming 6. What a mess this is — Exclaiming

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