Author's Point of View (S44)

What point of view uses the following pronouns?

He, she, they, Bob, the dog

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What is the point of view in the sentence below?

Put the backpack next to the door.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What point of view do you use these signal words?

I, me, my, We, us, mine

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What is the point of view?

John said he was going to have Thanksgiving dinner with his friends.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What point of view uses the signal words you, your, yourself?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What is the point of view in the following text?

We were all packed up and ready to go to our beach house when Dad saw our dog sitting next to our mailbox.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

What is the point of view in the text below?

They were buying tickets to go to the zoo. As Bob reached to get his money, he realized he had left his bag at school.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

To change the point of view to first person, how would the sentence read?

Bob wanted to buy some new shoes for his first game.

• It's already in 1st person.

• You wanted to buy some new shoes for your first game.

• I wanted to buy some new shoes for my first game.

To change the point of view to third person, how would the sentence read?

Your new house has a pool in the backyard for you and your friends.

• My new house has a pool in the backyard for my friends and me.

• It's already in 3rd person.

• His new house has a pool in the backyard for his friends and him.

What is the point of view being used in the sentence below?

Your bicycle was propped up next to the mailbox.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person