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Kinds of Narrator is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on what each point of view lets a narrator know and tell, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.6. 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 students 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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Kinds of Narrator

RL.5.6

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1.A third-person limited narrator follows one character. What can it NOT tell you?
  • A.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  • B.What the main character sees
  • C.What the main character feels
2.Why might an author choose a first-person narrator?
  • A.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  • B.To show what every character thinks
  • C.To avoid having a main character
3."I could not believe my luck when the letter came." Who is telling the story?
  • A.A narrator outside the story who knows everything
  • B.The reader
  • C.A character in the story
4.What is the main difference between omniscient and limited third person?
  • A.Omniscient uses I; limited uses he
  • B.Limited stories are always shorter
  • C.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
5.Which narrator can tell you what every character is thinking?
  • A.A first-person narrator
  • B.A third-person limited narrator
  • C.A third-person omniscient narrator
6."Tom smiled, but inside he was furious. Across the room, Kate felt just as angry." What kind of narrator is this?
  • A.First person, because Tom is speaking
  • B.Third person limited, because it follows only Tom
  • C.Third person omniscient, because it tells both characters' feelings
7.A story tells what Rosa thinks and feels, but never what anybody else thinks. What kind of narrator is it?
  • A.Third person omniscient
  • B.First person
  • C.Third person limited
8.Which pronouns does a third-person narrator use for the characters?
  • A.you and your
  • B.I and me
  • C.he, she and they

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

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  1. 1.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  2. 2.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  3. 3.A character in the story
  4. 4.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  5. 5.A third-person omniscient narrator
  6. 6.Third person omniscient, because it tells both characters' feelings
  7. 7.Third person limited
  8. 8.he, she and they

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.5.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.