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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."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
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 sees
  • C.What the main character feels
3."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
4.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
5.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
6.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
7.Chapter 1 follows Ali's thoughts and chapter 2 follows Zara's. What does this let the reader learn?
  • A.Only what Ali thinks
  • B.Nothing, because only one character speaks
  • C.How the same events feel to two different characters
8.Which pronouns does a third-person narrator use for the characters?
  • A.he, she and they
  • B.you and your
  • C.I and me

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

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  1. 1.First person
  2. 2.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  3. 3.A character in the story
  4. 4.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  5. 5.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  6. 6.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  7. 7.How the same events feel to two different characters
  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.