Grade 3 English Language Arts · Types of Sentences
Build Grade 3 grammar skills with five 10-question practice tests on declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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.
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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3. Test
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.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is ..
A statement that gives information is declarative and ends with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is ?.
A question is interrogative and ends with a question mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is !.
Strong excitement calls for an exclamation mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is ..
A polite request can be an imperative sentence ending with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is ..
This sentence makes a statement, so it ends with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is ?.
This sentence asks a question, so it needs a question mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is !.
The sentence expresses strong feeling, so it needs an exclamation mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is ..
This command is an imperative sentence and can end with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is ..
This sentence gives information, so it ends with a period.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is ?.
This sentence asks why, so it ends with a question mark.
A declarative sentence tells a fact or gives information and usually ends with a period.
An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Types of Sentences questions in total.
