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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 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
2.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
3.Three accounts of one closure disagree. What is the most likely explanation?
  • A.Two of them are lying
  • B.Each is written from a different position
  • C.The event did not happen
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.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  • B.Yes, the later one
  • C.Yes, one must be
6.Which account is most likely to tell you what waiting felt like?
  • A.The newspaper report
  • B.The worker's account
  • C.The council minutes
7.Which account is most likely to give you a total?
  • A.The owner's account
  • B.The newspaper report
  • C.The worker's account
8.Why does a historian value a hostile account as well as a friendly one?
  • A.Because between them they cover what each leaves out
  • B.Because hostile accounts are more accurate
  • C.Because friendly accounts are always false

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Answer key — Multiple Accounts

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  1. 1.They were not what he was arguing about
  2. 2.You inherit that account's blind spots
  3. 3.Each is written from a different position
  4. 4.It is limited to what one person saw and thought
  5. 5.Not necessarily — meaning depends on position
  6. 6.The worker's account
  7. 7.The newspaper report
  8. 8.Because between them they cover what each leaves out

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