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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.A third-person limited narrator follows one character. What can it NOT tell you?
  • A.What the main character feels
  • B.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  • C.What the main character sees
2.Why might an author choose a first-person narrator?
  • A.To avoid having a main character
  • B.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  • C.To show what every character thinks
3.A story tells what Rosa thinks and feels, but never what anybody else thinks. What kind of narrator is it?
  • A.First person
  • B.Third person limited
  • C.Third person omniscient
4.A first-person narrator says, "Everyone loved my idea." Why should a reader be careful?
  • A.The narrator knows every character's thoughts
  • B.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  • C.First-person narrators always lie
5.How can a limited narrator build suspense?
  • A.It leaves out all the dialogue
  • B.It tells the reader everything at once
  • C.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
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."We ran to the shore, and I saw that the boat was gone." Which point of view is this?
  • A.First person
  • B.Third person omniscient
  • C.Third person limited
8.A story uses "I" and "me" for the person telling it. What point of view is this?
  • A.First person
  • B.Third person omniscient
  • C.Third person limited

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

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  1. 1.What the other characters are secretly thinking
  2. 2.To let the reader see events through one character's own eyes and words
  3. 3.Third person limited
  4. 4.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  5. 5.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  6. 6.he, she and they
  7. 7.First person
  8. 8.First person

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