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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.Which narrator can tell you what every character is thinking?
  • A.A third-person omniscient narrator
  • B.A first-person narrator
  • C.A third-person limited narrator
2.Why might an author choose a first-person narrator?
  • A.To avoid having a main character
  • B.To show what every character thinks
  • C.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
3.A first-person narrator says, "Everyone loved my idea." Why should a reader be careful?
  • A.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  • B.The narrator knows every character's thoughts
  • C.First-person narrators always lie
4.Which pronouns does a third-person narrator use for the characters?
  • A.I and me
  • B.he, she and they
  • C.you and your
5.How can a limited narrator build suspense?
  • A.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  • B.It leaves out all the dialogue
  • C.It tells the reader everything at once
6.What is the main difference between omniscient and limited third person?
  • A.Limited stories are always shorter
  • B.Omniscient uses I; limited uses he
  • C.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
7.Chapter 1 follows Ali's thoughts and chapter 2 follows Zara's. What does this let the reader learn?
  • A.Nothing, because only one character speaks
  • B.Only what Ali thinks
  • C.How the same events feel to two different characters
8.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

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A third-person omniscient narrator
  2. 2.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  3. 3.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  4. 4.he, she and they
  5. 5.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  6. 6.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  7. 7.How the same events feel to two different characters
  8. 8.Third person limited

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