Grade 3 English Language Arts · Types of Sentences

Grade 3 Types of Sentences Practice Test

Build Grade 3 grammar skills with five 10-question practice tests on declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

Types of Sentences Practice Tests

These Grade 3 English Language Arts practice tests help students recognize four common sentence types: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Students also practice choosing end punctuation.

Skills covered

  • Identifying declarative sentences that state information
  • Identifying interrogative sentences that ask questions
  • Identifying imperative sentences that give commands or requests
  • Identifying exclamatory sentences that show strong feeling
  • Choosing periods, question marks, and exclamation marks

How to use these practice tests

First decide what the sentence is doing: telling, asking, directing, or showing strong feeling. Then check whether the ending punctuation matches the sentence type. Read the complete sentence before choosing an answer.

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Grade 3 Types of Sentences Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 3 English Language Arts practice test on declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

Read each sentence carefully. Identify its purpose, sentence type, or correct ending punctuation, then choose the best answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “The dog is sleeping.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Declarative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: A declarative sentence tells a fact or gives information and ends with a period.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

A declarative sentence tells a fact or gives information and ends with a period.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Where is my backpack?”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Interrogative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Interrogative.

An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Please close the door.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Imperative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Imperative.

An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “What a beautiful rainbow!”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Exclamatory.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Exclamatory.

An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Our class starts at eight.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Declarative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence gives information, so it is declarative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

This sentence gives information, so it is declarative.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Did you finish your book?”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Interrogative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence asks a question, so it is interrogative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Interrogative.

This sentence asks a question, so it is interrogative.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Bring your notebook to class.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Imperative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence tells someone what to do, so it is imperative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Imperative.

This sentence tells someone what to do, so it is imperative.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “That roller coaster is amazing!”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Exclamatory.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence expresses strong excitement, so it is exclamatory.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Exclamatory.

This sentence expresses strong excitement, so it is exclamatory.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “The birds built a nest.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Declarative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence states what happened, so it is declarative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

This sentence states what happened, so it is declarative.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Can we play outside?”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Interrogative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence asks for information, so it is interrogative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Interrogative.

This sentence asks for information, so it is interrogative.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 3 Types of Sentences

What is a declarative sentence?

A declarative sentence tells a fact or gives information and usually ends with a period.

What is an interrogative sentence?

An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Types of Sentences questions in total.