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

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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.Compare what each includes, omits and emphasises
  3. 3.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  4. 4.You inherit that account's blind spots
  5. 5.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  6. 6.Each is written from a different position
  7. 7.They were not what he was arguing about
  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.