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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4. 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 The train arrives at noon..
A declarative sentence tells a fact or gives information.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Did the bus arrive?.
An interrogative sentence asks a question.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is The seed grew into a plant..
An imperative sentence gives a direction, command, or request.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Wow, that puppy is tiny!.
An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling and usually ends with an exclamation mark.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is To make a request.
The word please makes this imperative sentence a polite request.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is To ask a question.
The sentence asks whether the bus arrived, so its purpose is to ask a question.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Declarative.
The sentence states information about the seed, so it is declarative.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Exclamatory.
The word wow and the exclamation mark show strong feeling.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Imperative.
This sentence gives a direction, so it is imperative.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Interrogative.
This sentence asks a question, so it is interrogative.
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.
