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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: The bus comes at nine, We have art after lunch, What a lovely surprise, What a huge cake, Why is the sky blue, May I have a turn

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

Sort: Sam lives next door, My coat is blue, How loud that drum is, What a mess this is, Where is my hat, What time is it

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

Sort: What a funny joke, Ben has two sisters, The store is closed today, Who left the door open, Is it raining, How tall the tree is

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. May I have a turn — Asking 2. The bus comes at nine — Telling 3. We have art after lunch — Telling 4. What a huge cake — Exclaiming 5. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking
  2. 2.1. How loud that drum is — Exclaiming 2. My coat is blue — Telling 3. Sam lives next door — Telling 4. What a mess this is — Exclaiming 5. What time is it — Asking 6. Where is my hat — Asking
  3. 3.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 3. Is it raining — Asking 4. The store is closed today — Telling 5. What a funny joke — 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.