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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.When you read dialogue aloud, why use a different voice for each character?
  • A.To make it take longer
  • B.To show they are different people speaking
  • C.Because the author says so
2.How can you tell which character is speaking?
  • A.The page number
  • B.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  • C.The length of the sentence
3.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The mouse's
  • B.The lion's
  • C.The hunter's
4.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.The narrator's
  • B.Ada's
  • C.Nana's
5.Why might two characters describe the same day differently?
  • A.Because stories are always wrong
  • B.Because one of them is lying
  • C.Because each one noticed and felt different things
6.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The reader's
  • B.The main character's
  • C.The narrator's
7.Two characters argue. Does the story have to agree with one of them?
  • A.Yes, always the first one
  • B.No — a story can show both views
  • C.Yes, always the last one
8.The mouse said she might help one day. What does she believe?
  • A.That the lion is weak
  • B.That she could be useful to the lion
  • C.That she can escape anyway

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.To show they are different people speaking
  2. 2.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  3. 3.The lion's
  4. 4.Nana's
  5. 5.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  6. 6.The narrator's
  7. 7.No — a story can show both views
  8. 8.That she could be useful to the lion

More practice for RL.2.6

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

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