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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, Is it raining, The store is closed today, What a funny joke, My coat is blue, How old is your dog

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

Sort: What time is it, Sam lives next door, I like green apples, What a big dog, What a huge cake, Where is my hat

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

Sort: How fast you ran, It rained all day, How tall the tree is, Do you like cake, Who left the door open, Ben has two sisters

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How old is your dog — Asking 2. Is it raining — Asking 3. My coat is blue — Telling 4. The store is closed today — Telling 5. What a funny joke — Exclaiming 6. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming
  2. 2.1. I like green apples — Telling 2. Sam lives next door — Telling 3. What a big dog — Exclaiming 4. What a huge cake — Exclaiming 5. What time is it — Asking 6. Where is my hat — Asking
  3. 3.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. Do you like cake — Asking 3. How fast you ran — Exclaiming 4. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 5. It rained all day — Telling 6. Who left the door open — Asking

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