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 “Please pass the crayons.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Imperative.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at the sentence meaning and punctuation.
  2. Identify the sentence type: This sentence makes a polite request, so it is imperative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Imperative.

This sentence makes a polite request, so it is imperative.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “The library is quiet.”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

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 about the library, so it is declarative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

This sentence gives information about the library, so it is declarative.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “How bright the stars are!”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Exclamatory.

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

This sentence shows strong feeling about the stars, so it is exclamatory.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Will you help me?”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

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.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “I packed my lunch.”?

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 tells what happened, so it is declarative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

This sentence tells what happened, so it is declarative.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Why is the bell ringing?”?

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 why something is happening, so it is interrogative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Interrogative.

This sentence asks why something is happening, so it is interrogative.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Write your name at the top.”?

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 gives a direction, so it is imperative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Imperative.

This sentence gives a direction, so it is imperative.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “I cannot believe we won!”?

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 surprise, so it is exclamatory.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Exclamatory.

This sentence expresses strong surprise, so it is exclamatory.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “The turtle moves slowly.”?

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 about the turtle, so it is declarative.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Declarative.

This sentence gives information about the turtle, so it is declarative.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What type of sentence is “Are the cookies ready?”?

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.

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.