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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, How cold the water is, The store is closed today, Ben has two sisters, Who left the door open, Is it raining

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

Sort: Do you like cake, May I have a turn, How tall the tree is, The dog is asleep on the rug, I like green apples, How fast you ran

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

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

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Answer key — Telling, Asking or Exclaiming?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Ben has two sisters — Telling 2. How cold the water is — Exclaiming 3. Is it raining — Asking 4. The store is closed today — Telling 5. What a lovely surprise — Exclaiming 6. Who left the door open — Asking
  2. 2.1. Do you like cake — Asking 2. How fast you ran — Exclaiming 3. How tall the tree is — Exclaiming 4. I like green apples — Telling 5. May I have a turn — Asking 6. The dog is asleep on the rug — Telling
  3. 3.1. 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. Where is my hat — Asking 6. Why is the sky blue — Asking

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