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Multiple Accounts is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on analysing accounts that differ by position, not accuracy, aligned to Common Core standard RI.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 pupils 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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Multiple Accounts

RI.5.6

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1.Why does a historian value a hostile account as well as a friendly one?
  • A.Because hostile accounts are more accurate
  • B.Because friendly accounts are always false
  • C.Because between them they cover what each leaves out
2.Two accounts agree on a fact but differ on its meaning. Is one of them wrong?
  • A.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  • B.Yes, the later one
  • C.Yes, one must be
3.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  • B.Agreeing with the union
  • C.Agreeing with the Chamber
4.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.Two of them are lying
  • B.The event did not happen
  • C.Each is written from a different position
5.What is the risk of reading only one account of an event?
  • A.You read more slowly
  • B.You learn too many facts
  • C.You inherit that account's blind spots
6.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The worker's account
7.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The council minutes
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The newspaper report
8.An account uses "I" throughout. What does that tell you about its scope?
  • A.It is more reliable
  • B.It is less reliable
  • C.It is limited to what one person saw and thought

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Answer key — Multiple Accounts

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  1. 1.Because between them they cover what each leaves out
  2. 2.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  3. 3.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  4. 4.Each is written from a different position
  5. 5.You inherit that account's blind spots
  6. 6.The newspaper report
  7. 7.The worker's account
  8. 8.It is limited to what one person saw and thought

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.