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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.A newspaper report quotes both the union and the Chamber of Commerce. What is it doing?
  • A.Agreeing with the Chamber
  • B.Agreeing with the union
  • C.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
2.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
3.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 more reliable
  • C.It is less reliable
4.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
5.How should you use three accounts of one event?
  • A.Average them
  • B.Pick the longest
  • C.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
6.What is the risk of reading only one account of an event?
  • A.You read more slowly
  • B.You inherit that account's blind spots
  • C.You learn too many facts
7.Two accounts agree on a fact but differ on its meaning. Is one of them wrong?
  • A.Yes, one must be
  • B.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  • C.Yes, the later one
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.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  2. 2.Each is written from a different position
  3. 3.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  4. 4.The worker's account
  5. 5.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  6. 6.You inherit that account's blind spots
  7. 7.Not necessarily — meaning depends on 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.