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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.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
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.First person, because Tom is speaking
  • C.Third person limited, because it follows only Tom
3.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
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.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.How the same events feel to two different characters
  • C.Nothing, because only one character speaks
6.A story uses "I" and "me" for the person telling it. What point of view is this?
  • A.Third person omniscient
  • B.Third person limited
  • C.First person
7.How can a limited narrator build suspense?
  • A.It tells the reader everything at once
  • B.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  • C.It leaves out all the dialogue
8.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 is one of the characters
  • C.A narrator who knows everything

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Answer key — Kinds of Narrator

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A third-person omniscient narrator
  2. 2.Third person omniscient, because it tells both characters' feelings
  3. 3.Omniscient knows every character's thoughts; limited knows only one character's
  4. 4.The narrator may only believe that, because we see events through their view alone
  5. 5.How the same events feel to two different characters
  6. 6.First person
  7. 7.The reader knows only what one character knows, so other people's plans stay hidden
  8. 8.A narrator who knows everything

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