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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."I could not believe my luck when the letter came." Who is telling the story?
  • A.A character in the story
  • B.The reader
  • C.A narrator outside the story who knows everything
2."Tom smiled, but inside he was furious. Across the room, Kate felt just as angry." What kind of narrator is this?
  • A.Third person omniscient, because it tells both characters' feelings
  • B.Third person limited, because it follows only Tom
  • C.First person, because Tom is speaking
3.A third-person limited narrator follows one character. What can it NOT tell you?
  • A.What the main character feels
  • B.What the main character sees
  • C.What the other characters are secretly thinking
4.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.First-person narrators always lie
  • C.The narrator knows every character's thoughts
5.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.Third person omniscient
  • C.First person
6.Which narrator could reveal a secret that no character in the story knows?
  • A.A narrator who follows only one character
  • B.A narrator who knows everything
  • C.A narrator who is one of the characters
7.Which pronouns does a third-person narrator use for the characters?
  • A.I and me
  • B.he, she and they
  • C.you and your
8.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

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

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  1. 1.A character in the story
  2. 2.Third person omniscient, because it tells both characters' feelings
  3. 3.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  4. 4.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  5. 5.Third person limited
  6. 6.A narrator who knows everything
  7. 7.he, she and they
  8. 8.How the same events feel to two different characters

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