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Different Characters, Different Views is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on recognising that characters see events differently, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Different Characters, Different Views

RL.2.6

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1.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The hunter's
  • B.The mouse's
  • C.The lion's
2.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The reader's
  • B.The narrator's
  • C.The main character's
3.Why might two characters describe the same day differently?
  • A.Because one of them is lying
  • B.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  • C.Because stories are always wrong
4.Grandad said the starfish would die in a bucket. What does he think?
  • A.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  • B.That starfish cannot move
  • C.That Tess should have two
5.When you read dialogue aloud, why use a different voice for each character?
  • A.Because the author says so
  • B.To make it take longer
  • C.To show they are different people speaking
6.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.Nana's
  • B.Ada's
  • C.The narrator's
7.Tess said "It's better in the pool anyway." What has changed?
  • A.She now agrees with Grandad
  • B.She has taken it home
  • C.She is still cross
8.Two characters argue. Does the story have to agree with one of them?
  • A.Yes, always the last one
  • B.Yes, always the first one
  • C.No — a story can show both views

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The lion's
  2. 2.The narrator's
  3. 3.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  4. 4.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  5. 5.To show they are different people speaking
  6. 6.Nana's
  7. 7.She now agrees with Grandad
  8. 8.No — a story can show both views

More practice for RL.2.6

Read dialogue in different voices, because the characters see things differently.

Teaching this next? Different Characters, Different Views is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.