Skip to content
LessonPrint

What the Author Thinks is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on identifying an author's position in an information text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.6. 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.

Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

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

What the Author Thinks

RI.3.6

NameDate

Tick the right answer.

1.Which sentence would you say aloud but not write in a report?
  • A.The journey was very long.
  • B.It was, like, really far.
  • C.The journey was six thousand miles.
2.Which sentence is more precise?
  • A.The lamp went out at eleven o'clock.
  • B.Something happened to the lamp.
  • C.The lamp went out at some point.
3.Why might a writer choose "stretched thin as thread" over "got thin"?
  • A.It is easier to spell
  • B.It gives the reader a picture
  • C.It is shorter
4.What is the difference between the narrator's point of view and yours?
  • A.There is no difference
  • B.The narrator is always right
  • C.The narrator tells the story; you judge it from outside
5.The goat asks "How do I get out?" What does that reveal about him?
  • A.He only thought about the consequence afterwards
  • B.He planned it carefully
  • C.He wanted to help the fox
6.Two readers disagree about whether Anansi deserved it. Can both be reasonable?
  • A.No, the author decides
  • B.No, only one can be right
  • C.Yes — that is a matter of point of view
7.How can you tell a character's opinion from a fact in a story?
  • A.Opinions are always in speech marks
  • B.An opinion is what a character believes; a fact is what the story states happened
  • C.Facts are always longer
8.Which verb tells a reader most?
  • A.Anansi did away
  • B.Anansi went away
  • C.Anansi trotted away

LessonPrint · RI.3.6 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Author Thinks

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It was, like, really far.
  2. 2.The lamp went out at eleven o'clock.
  3. 3.It gives the reader a picture
  4. 4.The narrator tells the story; you judge it from outside
  5. 5.He only thought about the consequence afterwards
  6. 6.Yes — that is a matter of point of view
  7. 7.An opinion is what a character believes; a fact is what the story states happened
  8. 8.Anansi trotted away

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.3.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.