Point of View — Answer Key
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
She went to the park and I played on the swings.
Corrected: I went to the park and I played on the swings.
First-person point of view keeps the same narrator I throughout the sentence in Grade 3 writing.
2. Fix the sentence:
We likes playing tag after school every day.
Corrected: We like playing tag after school every day.
The first-person plural pronoun we pairs with like in Grade 3 subject-verb agreement.
3. Fix the sentence:
Me and my dog runs home in the rain.
Corrected: My dog and I run home in the rain.
First-person narrators in Grade 3 writing use I, not me, as the subject of the sentence.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Because the story says I feel happy, it is told in first person.
The pronoun I is the strongest signal of first-person point of view in Grade 3 texts.
2. First-person narrators are inside the story as characters.
A first-person narrator is inside the story and shares personal thoughts in Grade 3 reading.
3. The pronoun we shows two or more first-person narrators.
We is the first-person plural pronoun that signals point of view in Grade 3 stories.
4. My, mine, and our are first-person possessive words.
Our shows ownership by a first-person group, a key Grade 3 point-of-view clue.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A first-person narrator in a Grade 3 story uses the pronoun I.
True False
First-person point of view uses I to name the speaker in Grade 3 texts.
2. In first person, the narrator is outside the story watching Grade 3 characters.
True False
First-person narrators are inside the story, not outside, in Grade 3 point-of-view lessons.
3. We and us are first-person pronouns used in Grade 3 stories.
True False
We and us both signal first-person point of view in Grade 3 reading passages.