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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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Different Characters, Different Views

RL.2.6

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Tick the right answer.

1.How can you tell which character is speaking?
  • A.The length of the sentence
  • B.The page number
  • C.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
2.When you read dialogue aloud, why use a different voice for each character?
  • A.To show they are different people speaking
  • B.To make it take longer
  • C.Because the author says so
3.Grandad said the starfish would die in a bucket. What does he think?
  • A.That starfish cannot move
  • B.That Tess should have two
  • C.That the starfish belongs in the pool
4.The mouse said she might help one day. What does she believe?
  • A.That she can escape anyway
  • B.That the lion is weak
  • C.That she could be useful to the lion
5.Why might two characters describe the same day differently?
  • A.Because one of them is lying
  • B.Because stories are always wrong
  • C.Because each one noticed and felt different things
6.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.The narrator's
  • B.Ada's
  • C.Nana's
7.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The hunter's
  • B.The mouse's
  • C.The lion's
8.Two characters argue. Does the story have to agree with one of them?
  • A.No — a story can show both views
  • B.Yes, always the last one
  • C.Yes, always the first one

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  2. 2.To show they are different people speaking
  3. 3.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  4. 4.That she could be useful to the lion
  5. 5.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  6. 6.Nana's
  7. 7.The lion's
  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.