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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: Sam lives next door, What a big dog, What a mess this is, Do you like cake, The bus comes at nine, What time is it

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

Sort: Why is the sky blue, How fast you ran, Ben has two sisters, It rained all day, What a funny joke, How old is your dog

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

Sort: Where is my hat, May I have a turn, How cold the water is, My coat is blue, The dog is asleep on the rug, What a lovely surprise

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. Sam lives next door — Telling 3. The bus comes at nine — Telling 4. What a big dog — Exclaiming 5. What a mess this is — Exclaiming 6. What time is it — Asking
  2. 2.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. How fast you ran — Exclaiming 3. How old is your dog — Asking 4. It rained all day — Telling 5. What a funny joke — Exclaiming 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  3. 3.1. How cold the water is — Exclaiming 2. May I have a turn — Asking 3. My coat is blue — Telling 4. The dog is asleep on the rug — Telling 5. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 6. Where is my hat — Asking

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