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Grade 7 · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 13

Whose Story?

First, second and third person

What your child practises

Telling first, second and third person apart, finding the clues, and imagining how a different narrator would change the story.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: C1.6 · the narrator's point of view and how an alternative point of view would change a story

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A story speaks to the reader as you. What point of view is it?

    • third person
    • second person
    • first person
    Show answer

    second person

    Hint: You and your are the clues.

  2. Question 2

    Which words show the point of view?

    Pack Your Bag

    You open your suitcase and stare at it. You have only an hour before the car arrives. You fold your jacket and wonder what you are forgetting.

    • you and your
    • I and my
    • he and his
    Show answer

    you and your

    Hint: Second person uses you and your.

  3. Question 3

    What point of view is this?

    The Science Fair

    I carried my volcano model carefully down the hall. My hands were shaking, and I worried that the baking soda would spill before the judges arrived.

    • first person
    • second person
    • third person
    Show answer

    first person

    Hint: The narrator says I and my.

  4. Question 4

    Which change would put this in third person?

    The Science Fair

    I carried my volcano model carefully down the hall. My hands were shaking, and I worried that the baking soda would spill before the judges arrived.

    • Change the volcano to a rocket.
    • Add the word you.
    • Change I and my to she and her.
    Show answer

    Change I and my to she and her.

    Hint: Third person uses he, she or they.

  5. Question 5

    How does second person affect the reader?

    Pack Your Bag

    You open your suitcase and stare at it. You have only an hour before the car arrives. You fold your jacket and wonder what you are forgetting.

    • It makes the story shorter.
    • It makes the reader feel part of the story.
    • It hides the characters.
    Show answer

    It makes the reader feel part of the story.

    Hint: The reader is addressed directly.

  6. Question 6

    A story is told by a narrator who knows what every character thinks. What is this called?

    • second person
    • omniscient third person
    • first person
    Show answer

    omniscient third person

    Hint: Omniscient means all-knowing.

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