Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on telling which kind of third-person narrator is speaking, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.6. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: Third person limited or Third person omniscient?
Sort: Jonah hoped the coach had not noticed his mistake. The coach blew the whistle and walked away., Priya was sure the box held a puppy. Her aunt just smiled and handed it over., Kofi thought the test would never end, and the teacher was secretly wishing the same., Ben was sure he had locked the gate. His father knew he had not, but decided to let him find out.
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2.Sort each one: Third person limited or Third person omniscient?
Sort: Sam felt his face go hot. Across the table, Nell laughed, but he could not tell why., Jonah hoped the coach had missed his mistake. The coach had seen it and decided to say nothing., Mira wondered whether Leo was angry. He kept his eyes on his book and said nothing., Lena felt lonely, though each girl beside her was wondering how to say hello.
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3.Sort each one: Third person limited or Third person omniscient?
Sort: Lena missed her old school. The other girls chatted beside her as if she were not there., Sam felt embarrassed, and Nell, laughing beside him, had no idea she had hurt him., Ben was certain he had locked the gate. His father frowned at the empty field., Priya hoped the box held a puppy, while her aunt worried that a kitten would disappoint her.
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LessonPrint · RL.5.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Ben was sure he had locked the gate. His father knew he had not, but decided to let him find out. — Third person omniscient 2. Jonah hoped the coach had not noticed his mistake. The coach blew the whistle and walked away. — Third person limited 3. Kofi thought the test would never end, and the teacher was secretly wishing the same. — Third person omniscient 4. Priya was sure the box held a puppy. Her aunt just smiled and handed it over. — Third person limited
2.1. Jonah hoped the coach had missed his mistake. The coach had seen it and decided to say nothing. — Third person omniscient 2. Lena felt lonely, though each girl beside her was wondering how to say hello. — Third person omniscient 3. Mira wondered whether Leo was angry. He kept his eyes on his book and said nothing. — Third person limited 4. Sam felt his face go hot. Across the table, Nell laughed, but he could not tell why. — Third person limited
3.1. Ben was certain he had locked the gate. His father frowned at the empty field. — Third person limited 2. Lena missed her old school. The other girls chatted beside her as if she were not there. — Third person limited 3. Priya hoped the box held a puppy, while her aunt worried that a kitten would disappoint her. — Third person omniscient 4. Sam felt embarrassed, and Nell, laughing beside him, had no idea she had hurt him. — Third person omniscient
Questions about Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing?
What does the Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? worksheet cover?
It practices telling which kind of third-person narrator is speaking — 3 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RL.5.6: Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right column”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 — RL.5.6, under Reading: Literature for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RL.5.6, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.5.6
Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told.