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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.How should you use three accounts of one event?
  • A.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  • B.Average them
  • C.Pick the longest
2.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The worker's account
3.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The worker's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The council minutes
4.An account uses "I" throughout. What does that tell you about its scope?
  • A.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  • B.It is less reliable
  • C.It is more reliable
5.Two accounts agree on a fact but differ on its meaning. Is one of them wrong?
  • A.Yes, one must be
  • B.Yes, the later one
  • C.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
6.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the union
  • B.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  • C.Agreeing with the Chamber
7.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.The event did not happen
  • B.Each is written from a different position
  • C.Two of them are lying
8.A mill owner's account leaves out the wage figures. Why might that be?
  • A.He did not know them
  • B.They are secret
  • C.They were not what he was arguing about

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Answer key — Multiple Accounts

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  1. 1.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  2. 2.The newspaper report
  3. 3.The worker's account
  4. 4.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  5. 5.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  6. 6.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  7. 7.Each is written from a different position
  8. 8.They were not what he was arguing about

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