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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, It rained all day, How loud that drum is, Do you like cake, What a huge cake, The dog is asleep on the rug

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

Sort: What a lovely surprise, How tall the tree is, Why is the sky blue, Ben has two sisters, I like green apples, What time is it

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

Sort: We have art after lunch, My coat is blue, What a mess this is, Who left the door open, What a big dog, Can you help me

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. How loud that drum is — Exclaiming 3. Is it raining — Asking 4. It rained all day — Telling 5. The dog is asleep on the rug — Telling 6. What a huge cake — Exclaiming
  2. 2.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 3. I like green apples — Telling 4. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 5. What time is it — Asking 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  3. 3.1. Can you help me — Asking 2. My coat is blue — Telling 3. We have art after lunch — Telling 4. What a big dog — Exclaiming 5. What a mess this is — Exclaiming 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.