First Person and Third is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on comparing narration from inside and outside the events, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 20 of them with 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
20 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
First Person and Third
RL.4.6
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Water Came Up (told by Nell)
I was the one who said it was nothing.
The river had been over the path before. Twice that winter. Both times it went down by morning, so when Dad started moving the boxes upstairs I told him he was making a fuss.
I went to bed. At two o'clock I woke because my slippers were floating.
Everything after that is in pieces. Dad on the stairs with the cat. Water the colour of tea. The sound the fridge made when it went over.
We sat on the landing until it got light. Nobody said anything about the boxes. That was worse than if they had.
1. This is told in the first person. What can Nell not tell us?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was the finest craftsman in the world, and King Minos kept him prisoner because of it. He and his son Icarus were shut in a tower above the sea.
Daedalus watched the gulls for a summer. Then he gathered feathers, laid them in rows from short to long, and bound them with wax and thread into two pairs of wings.
"Fly in the middle," he told Icarus. "Too low and the sea spray soaks the feathers. Too high and the sun softens the wax."
They rose from the tower together. For a while Icarus followed exactly.
Then the boy found that he could climb. He forgot the tower, the sea, the warning. He went up, and up, until the wax ran and the feathers came away one at a time and the sky let go of him.
Daedalus flew on alone. He never made anything again.
1. Is this told in the first or the third person, and how do you know?
LessonPrint · RL.4.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — First Person and Third
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. What her father was thinking, or anything that happened while she was asleep.
2.1. Third person — it uses "he" and names both characters rather than "I".
Questions about First Person and Third
What does the First Person and Third worksheet cover?
It practises comparing narration from inside and outside the events — 2 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core RL.4.6: Compare first-person and third-person narration. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does First Person and Third practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6 — RL.4.6, in the Reading: Literature domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
First Person and Third is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on RL.4.6, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does First Person and Third come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of First Person and Third can I print?
25 versions, of which 20 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is First Person and Third free to print and photocopy?
Yes. First Person and Third, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.4.6?
Yes — “First Person and Third Person” is a 40-minute Grade 4 plan for RL.4.6, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. First Person and Third is the practice that follows it.