Exclamations vs Statements and Questions Worksheets | Punctuation Sort | 1st Grade Grammar

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A 10-page set of exclamation worksheets for 1st grade where every task is a pair of sentences with the end marks missing. One sentence in each pair is an exclamation and the other is a question or a statement, and students rewrite both with the correct punctuation. The pairs are written so the meaning tells you the answer: "The lights just turned off / Why is it so dark", "My shoes are wet / My shoes are soaked", or "What is that noise / That noise is so loud". Students have to read carefully and can't just put an exclamation point on every line. Five of the pages open with a rule box that explains exclamations with short examples ("Help!", "Wow!", "We did it!") and has 3 pairs plus a "Write about something exciting" box. The other five pages have 5 pairs each, so there are 40 sentence pairs in all. What's Included: • 10-page printable PDF • 40 sentence pairs to punctuate and rewrite • 5 rule boxes with example exclamations • 5 short free-writing boxes Skills Practised: • Telling exclamations apart from statements and questions • Choosing the right end mark: period, question mark, or exclamation point • Capital letters at the start of sentences Perfect for: • 1st grade grammar lessons on sentence types • ESL/EFL learners practising intonation and punctuation together • Morning work and review