# Narrator and point of view

> Grade 5: first-person narrator (I, we), third-person narrator (he, she, they), whose story it is, how point of view changes the story.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g5-point-of-view-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 5
- Practice: 16
- Play it free on one screen (projector, TV or whiteboard): https://olyclass.com/library?play=language-g5-point-of-view-en
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- Games it plays well in: [Prize Climb](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/prize-climb/), [Ring the Bell](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/ring-the-bell/), [High Water](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/high-water/), [Tug of War](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/tug-of-war/)

## Questions

1. Which sentence is told by a first-person narrator? (He opened the door and stepped inside. / I opened the door and stepped inside. / She opened the door and stepped inside. / They opened the door and stepped inside.)
   Answer: I opened the door and stepped inside.
2. Which pair of words tells you a story is in the first person? (I and we / he and she / they and them / you and your)
   Answer: I and we
3. In "We packed our bags and waved goodbye," who is telling the story? (A character who was there / A narrator outside the story / The author's friend only / The reader)
   Answer: A character who was there
4. In a first-person story, the narrator is a character who says "I".
   Answer: True
5. Which sentence uses a third-person narrator? (I picked up my bag and ran. / Let me pick up my bag and run. / Mia picked up her bag and ran. / We picked up our bags and ran.)
   Answer: Mia picked up her bag and ran.
6. Which words are clues to a third-person narrator? (I, me, my / I, we, us / he, she, they / we, us, our)
   Answer: he, she, they
7. A third-person narrator is always one of the characters in the story.
   Answer: False
8. Which pronoun would replace "Tom" in a third-person sentence: I, he or we?
   Answer: he
9. A story says "I felt nervous as I walked on stage." Who is the narrator? (A stranger watching / The audience / The person saying "I" / The reader)
   Answer: The person saying "I"
10. Which clue best shows whose story a book is mostly about? (That character appears only on the first page / That character has the longest name / That character speaks the fewest words / We follow that character's thoughts and actions)
   Answer: We follow that character's thoughts and actions
11. Why does a first-person story let us know a character's feelings so well? (It always has a happy ending / It uses no pronouns / The narrator is never a character / The narrator tells us their own thoughts)
   Answer: The narrator tells us their own thoughts
12. A story about a lost dog is told by the dog, then by its owner. What changes? (The point of view / The setting must be a city / The spelling rules / The title only)
   Answer: The point of view
13. Retelling a story from a different character's point of view can change what we learn.
   Answer: True
14. Rewrite "I was scared" in third person about Sam. Which is correct? (I was Sam scared. / Sam am scared. / Sam was scared. / We were scared.)
   Answer: Sam was scared.
15. Three Little Pigs told by the wolf: how is this different from the usual telling?
   Answer: It shows the wolf's point of view (his side of the story)
16. Why might two characters tell the same event in different ways?
   Answer: They have different feelings, thoughts and points of view