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Grade 9 Point of View Worksheet with Answers

Grade 9 (US) · Year 10 (UK) · Class 9 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteraturePoint of ViewCCSS RL.9-10.6

First, second and third person, limited and omniscient narrators, and why point of view matters. This free high school 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

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Learning goal: Point of View · CCSS RL.9-10.6

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

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
1I walked to the store.
2She walked to the store.
3My heart pounded as I opened the box.
4We laughed at the joke.
5They climbed the mountain.
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 6

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

  2. 7

    Which point of view uses 'you'?

  3. 8

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

  4. 9

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

  5. 10

    Which pronouns show first-person point of view?

  6. 11

    How is a first-person narrator limited?

  7. 12

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

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Unscramble the letters: BRDI (clue: it has feathers)

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  1. 1.first person
  2. 2.third person
  3. 3.first person
  4. 4.first person
  5. 5.third person
  6. 6.to show the villain's reasons and make readers see another side
  7. 7.second person
  8. 8.third person omniscient
  9. 9.third person limited
  10. 10.I, me, my, we, us
  11. 11.they only know their own thoughts and what they see
  12. 12.the cat's
  13. ★bird (challenge corner)

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