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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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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.Because the author says so
  • B.To make it take longer
  • C.To show they are different people speaking
3.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The narrator's
  • B.The main character's
  • C.The reader's
4.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
5.Why might two characters describe the same day differently?
  • A.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  • B.Because stories are always wrong
  • C.Because one of them is lying
6.The mouse said she might help one day. What does she believe?
  • A.That she could be useful to the lion
  • B.That the lion is weak
  • C.That she can escape anyway
7.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.The narrator's
  • B.Nana's
  • C.Ada's
8.Tess said "It's better in the pool anyway." What has changed?
  • A.She is still cross
  • B.She now agrees with Grandad
  • C.She has taken it home

LessonPrint · RL.2.6 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 4. 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.The narrator's
  4. 4.No — a story can show both views
  5. 5.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  6. 6.That she could be useful to the lion
  7. 7.Nana's
  8. 8.She now agrees with Grandad

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.