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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: Is it raining, We have art after lunch, What a lovely surprise, Do you like cake, What a big dog, Sam lives next door

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

Sort: I like green apples, My coat is blue, How tall the tree is, How old is your dog, How loud that drum is, Why is the sky blue

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

Sort: What a mess this is, It rained all day, Where is my hat, The dog is asleep on the rug, How cold the water is, May I have a turn

TellingAskingExclaiming

LessonPrint · L.1.1 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. Is it raining — Asking 3. Sam lives next door — Telling 4. We have art after lunch — Telling 5. What a big dog — Exclaiming 6. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming
  2. 2.1. How loud that drum is — Exclaiming 2. How old is your dog — Asking 3. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 4. I like green apples — Telling 5. My coat is blue — Telling 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  3. 3.1. How cold the water is — Exclaiming 2. It rained all day — Telling 3. May I have a turn — Asking 4. The dog is asleep on the rug — Telling 5. What a mess this is — 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.