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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

NameDate

Tick the right answer.

1.Nana said "You used the salt twice." Whose words are those?
  • A.Ada's
  • B.The narrator's
  • C.Nana's
2.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 first one
  • C.Yes, always the last one
3.Grandad said the starfish would die in a bucket. What does he think?
  • A.That starfish cannot move
  • B.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  • C.That Tess should have two
4.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"
5.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
6.Why might two characters describe the same day differently?
  • A.Because stories are always wrong
  • B.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  • C.Because one of them is lying
7.Words outside the speech marks are usually whose?
  • A.The main character's
  • B.The reader's
  • C.The narrator's
8.The lion laughed at the mouse. Whose view is that?
  • A.The lion's
  • B.The hunter's
  • C.The mouse's

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Answer key — Different Characters, Different Views

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Nana's
  2. 2.No — a story can show both views
  3. 3.That the starfish belongs in the pool
  4. 4.The speech marks and the words like "said Nana"
  5. 5.She now agrees with Grandad
  6. 6.Because each one noticed and felt different things
  7. 7.The narrator's
  8. 8.The lion'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.