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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.What is the main difference between omniscient and limited third person?
  • A.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  • B.Omniscient uses I; limited uses he
  • C.Limited stories are always shorter
2.A story uses "I" and "me" for the person telling it. What point of view is this?
  • A.Third person limited
  • B.Third person omniscient
  • C.First person
3.A story tells what Rosa thinks and feels, but never what anybody else thinks. What kind of narrator is it?
  • A.Third person limited
  • B.First person
  • C.Third person omniscient
4.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
5.Chapter 1 follows Ali's thoughts and chapter 2 follows Zara's. What does this let the reader learn?
  • A.How the same events feel to two different characters
  • B.Nothing, because only one character speaks
  • C.Only what Ali thinks
6."We ran to the shore, and I saw that the boat was gone." Which point of view is this?
  • A.Third person omniscient
  • B.First person
  • C.Third person limited
7."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.A character in the story
  • C.The reader
8.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

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

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  1. 1.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  2. 2.First person
  3. 3.Third person limited
  4. 4.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  5. 5.How the same events feel to two different characters
  6. 6.First person
  7. 7.A character in the story
  8. 8.A third-person omniscient narrator

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