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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.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.Ada's
  • B.Nana's
  • C.The narrator's
2.Tess said "It's better in the pool anyway." What has changed?
  • A.She is still cross
  • B.She has taken it home
  • C.She now agrees with Grandad
3.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The hunter's
  • B.The mouse's
  • C.The lion's
4.Grandad said the starfish would die in a bucket. What does he think?
  • A.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  • B.That Tess should have two
  • C.That starfish cannot move
5.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The reader's
  • B.The main character's
  • C.The narrator's
6.When you read dialogue aloud, why use a different voice for each character?
  • A.To make it take longer
  • B.Because the author says so
  • C.To show they are different people speaking
7.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"
8.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

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Nana's
  2. 2.She now agrees with Grandad
  3. 3.The lion's
  4. 4.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  5. 5.The narrator's
  6. 6.To show they are different people speaking
  7. 7.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  8. 8.Because each one noticed and felt different things

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.