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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.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The council minutes
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The worker's account
2.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the Chamber
  • B.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  • C.Agreeing with the union
3.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
4.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, one must be
  • C.Yes, the later one
5.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
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.How should you use three accounts of one event?
  • A.Pick the longest
  • B.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  • C.Average them
8.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

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Answer key — Multiple Accounts

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

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.