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Grade 5 Point of View Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteraturePoint of ViewCCSS RL.5.6

First, second and third person, limited and omniscient narrators, and why point of view matters. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Point of View

Grade 5 · English

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Learning goal: Point of View · CCSS RL.5.6

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

First person or third person? 'They climbed the mountain.'

Answer: third person

RememberPoint of view

First personthe narrator is in the storyI, me, my, we, usSecond persontalks to the readeryou, yourThird personan outside narratorhe, she, they, it
Part A

First person or Third person? Tick one box for each.

First personThird person
1We laughed at the joke.
2I walked to the store.
3My heart pounded as I opened the box.
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 4

    Which point of view uses 'you'?

  2. 5

    Which pronouns show first-person point of view?

  3. 6

    What is an unreliable narrator?

  4. 7

    Third person limited or omniscient? 'Jake wondered what Maria was thinking.'

  5. 8

    What is the difference between the author and the narrator?

  6. 9

    Third person limited or omniscient? 'Jake felt nervous, while Maria secretly hoped he would fail.'

  7. 10

    How is a first-person narrator limited?

  8. 11

    Why might an author tell a story from a villain's point of view?

  9. 12

    Read: 'I hate Mondays. Nobody ever listens to me,' grumbled the cat. Whose point of view is this?

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  1. 1.first person
  2. 2.first person
  3. 3.first person
  4. 4.second person
  5. 5.I, me, my, we, us
  6. 6.a narrator whose account can't be fully trusted
  7. 7.third person limited
  8. 8.the author writes the story; the narrator is the voice telling it
  9. 9.third person omniscient
  10. 10.they only know their own thoughts and what they see
  11. 11.to show the villain's reasons and make readers see another side
  12. 12.the cat's
  13. ★a sponge (challenge corner)

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