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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.Limited stories are always shorter
  • C.Omniscient uses I; limited uses he
2.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 feels
  • C.What the main character sees
3.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
4.Why might an author choose a first-person narrator?
  • A.To show what every character thinks
  • B.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  • C.To avoid having a main character
5."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
6.Which pronouns does a third-person narrator use for the characters?
  • A.you and your
  • B.I and me
  • C.he, she and they
7.How can a limited narrator build suspense?
  • A.It tells the reader everything at once
  • B.It leaves out all the dialogue
  • C.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
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.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  2. 2.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  3. 3.First person
  4. 4.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  5. 5.A character in the story
  6. 6.he, she and they
  7. 7.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  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.