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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 between them they cover what each leaves out
  • C.Because friendly accounts are always false
2.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
3.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The newspaper report
  • B.The council minutes
  • C.The worker's account
4.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
5.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The worker's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The owner's account
6.A mill owner's account leaves out the wage figures. Why might that be?
  • A.He did not know them
  • B.They were not what he was arguing about
  • C.They are secret
7.Two accounts agree on a fact but differ on its meaning. Is one of them wrong?
  • A.Yes, the later one
  • B.Yes, one must be
  • C.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
8.How should you use three accounts of one event?
  • A.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  • B.Pick the longest
  • C.Average them

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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.Presenting the dispute rather than settling it
  3. 3.The worker's account
  4. 4.You inherit that account's blind spots
  5. 5.The newspaper report
  6. 6.They were not what he was arguing about
  7. 7.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  8. 8.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises

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.