Clear Commands in Action: Imperative Sentences for Grade 3 

This Grade 3 worksheet helps students understand and use **imperative sentences**, which are used to give instructions, make requests, offer advice, or give warnings. Designed for primary learners, it focuses on recognising command-style sentences and practising correct word order, polite tone, and negative forms. Through identification, multiple choice practice, sentence correction, passage-based application, and paragraph writing, students learn to use imperative sentences clearly and confidently in everyday situations. 

Why Imperative Sentences Matter in Grammar? 

Imperative sentences are important for Grade 3 learners because: 
1. They help students give clear instructions and directions. 
2. They are used daily in classrooms, rules, and safety instructions. 
3. They teach correct verb forms and sentence order without a subject. 
4. They support polite communication using words like *please* and *do not*. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five engaging activities to build command-sentence skills: 

✏️ Exercise 1 – Identify the Kind of Imperative Sentence 
Students read each sentence and recognise it as an imperative used for instruction, request, advice, or direction. Example: “Please close the door quietly.” 

🧠 Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Identification 
Students choose whether a sentence is imperative, a question, or a statement, strengthening sentence-type recognition. 

✍️ Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting and Correction 
Learners rewrite word groups into correct imperative sentences by fixing word order, verb form, or negative structure. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Passage-Based) 
Students complete a classroom-themed passage using suitable imperative sentences, applying grammar in real-life contexts. 

📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Students write a paragraph on “A Day When I Felt Happy” using imperative sentences, encouraging creative and practical use. 

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Exercise 1 – Identify Imperative Sentences 
1–10. All are imperative sentences. 

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice 
1. a) This is an imperative sentence. 
2. b) This is an imperative sentence. 
3. b) This is a statement. 
4. c) This is an imperative sentence. 
5. b) This is a question. 
6. c) This is an imperative sentence. 
7. b) This is an imperative sentence. 
8. c) This is an imperative sentence. 
9. a) This is an imperative sentence. 
10. b) This is an imperative sentence. 

Exercise 3 – Rewrite as Imperative Sentences (Sample Answers) 
1. Put the dirty books on the table. 
2. Close the window quickly. 
3. Please lift the chair. 
4. Help me in class. 
5. Do not talk loudly. 
6. Bring water bottle. 
7. Clean the desk after lunch. 
8. Walk quietly in the hall. 
9. Pick up the crayons. 
10. Put your bag on the hook. 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers) 
enter quietly, sit properly, take one, stop talking, work together, listen patiently, line up calmly, play safely, throw the wrappers, sit down, pack your bag, walk carefully 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Answers may vary.

Help your child learn to give clear instructions and express ideas confidently with this Grade 3 Imperative Sentences worksheet. 
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