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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.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The narrator's
  • B.The main character's
  • C.The reader's
2.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
3.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
4.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
5.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The lion's
  • B.The mouse's
  • C.The hunter's
6.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
7.Grandad said the starfish would die in a bucket. What does he think?
  • A.That Tess should have two
  • B.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  • C.That starfish cannot move
8.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.Ada's
  • B.Nana's
  • C.The narrator's

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The narrator's
  2. 2.She now agrees with Grandad
  3. 3.That she could be useful to the lion
  4. 4.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  5. 5.The lion's
  6. 6.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  7. 7.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  8. 8.Nana's

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.