Sentence Types Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this sentence types puzzle set for my Year 3 and 4 students during our writing unit. The kids could write sentences but had no idea what a declarative sentence was or how to tell the difference between a question and a command. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, active, passive, direct, indirect, rhetorical, affirmative, and negative. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the four sentence types finally stick.

The download is six pages. Three puzzles plus an answer key page for each. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether "Please sit down" is a command or a request. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple full stop, question mark, and exclamation mark drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 3 to 5. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write one example of each sentence type on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.