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:
The fairy tale said, 'I lived in a cottage in the woods with my grandma.'
Corrected: The fairy tale said, 'She lived in a cottage in the woods with her grandma.'
Third-person point of view uses he, she, or they to tell about the characters.
2. Fix the sentence:
The animal story began, 'I hopped across the log looking for food.'
Corrected: The animal story began, 'The rabbit hopped across the log looking for food.'
In third person, the narrator uses names or pronouns like he or she, not I.
3. Fix the sentence:
In the tale, the prince said in the text, 'We fought the dragon bravely that morning.'
Corrected: In the tale, the prince fought the dragon bravely that morning.
Third-person narrators tell about characters from outside using he, she, or names.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A story that uses he, she, or they is told in third person.
Third-person point of view uses he, she, and they to tell about characters.
2. In a third-person fairy tale, the narrator is outside the story.
A third-person narrator stands outside the story and tells about the characters.
3. The sentence 'The fox crept through the grass' is written in third person.
Naming the fox instead of using I shows third-person point of view.
4. A third-person narrator tells about the characters from outside the story.
Characters are the people or animals in a story, and a third-person narrator tells about them.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A sentence that says 'Red Riding Hood skipped down the path' is written in third-person point of view.
True False
Using Red Riding Hood and no I shows a third-person narrator telling about her.
2. An animal story that uses 'The bear roared at the trespassers' is written in first-person point of view.
True False
The bear is named, so the narrator is outside the story in third person.
3. A third-person narrator is a character who takes part in the events of the story.
True False
Third-person narrators tell from outside the story; they are not characters in it.