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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.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.Each is written from a different position
  • B.The event did not happen
  • C.Two of them are lying
2.An account uses "I" throughout. What does that tell you about its scope?
  • A.It is less reliable
  • B.It is more reliable
  • C.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
3.What is the risk of reading only one account of an event?
  • A.You learn too many facts
  • B.You read more slowly
  • C.You inherit that account's blind spots
4.A mill owner's account leaves out the wage figures. Why might that be?
  • A.They were not what he was arguing about
  • B.They are secret
  • C.He did not know them
5.Why does a historian value a hostile account as well as a friendly one?
  • A.Because friendly accounts are always false
  • B.Because between them they cover what each leaves out
  • C.Because hostile accounts are more accurate
6.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The newspaper report
7.How should you use three accounts of one event?
  • A.Average them
  • B.Pick the longest
  • C.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
8.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The newspaper report
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The council minutes

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Answer key — Multiple Accounts

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  1. 1.Each is written from a different position
  2. 2.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  3. 3.You inherit that account's blind spots
  4. 4.They were not what he was arguing about
  5. 5.Because between them they cover what each leaves out
  6. 6.The newspaper report
  7. 7.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  8. 8.The worker's account

More practice for RI.5.6

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