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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, May I have a turn, What time is it, How fast you ran, How cold the water is, The dog is asleep on the rug

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

Sort: What a lovely surprise, Is it raining, We have art after lunch, The bus comes at nine, How old is your dog, What a big dog

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

Sort: What a funny joke, I like green apples, What a mess this is, Do you like cake, My coat is blue, Where is my hat

TellingAskingExclaiming

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How cold the water is — Exclaiming 2. How fast you ran — Exclaiming 3. May I have a turn — Asking 4. Sam lives next door — Telling 5. The dog is asleep on the rug — Telling 6. What time is it — Asking
  2. 2.1. How old is your dog — Asking 2. Is it raining — Asking 3. The bus comes at nine — Telling 4. We have art after lunch — Telling 5. What a big dog — Exclaiming 6. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming
  3. 3.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. I like green apples — Telling 3. My coat is blue — Telling 4. What a funny joke — Exclaiming 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.