Grade 5 Point of View Reading Passage Quiz

Identify the point of view in the following passage: 'I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the giant dinosaur walking through the city.'

• Past tense point of view

• Third person point of view

• First person point of view

• Second person point of view

Identify the point of view in the following passage: 'The students were excited as they boarded the bus for their field trip.'

• First person

• Third person

• Second person

• Fourth person

Identify the point of view in the following passage: 'He felt nervous as he waited for the test results.'

• Third person

• Fourth person

• First person

• Second person

Identify the point of view in the following passage: 'We had a great time at the beach last summer.'

• Second person plural

• Fourth person plural

• First person plural

• Third person singular

How would the passage 'The students were excited as they boarded the bus for their field trip.' be different if it was told from the perspective of the bus driver?

• The students were anxious and nervous as they boarded the bus for their field trip.

• The students were noisy and rowdy as they boarded the bus for their field trip.

• The students were bored and uninterested as they boarded the bus for their field trip.

• The students were calm and well-behaved as they boarded the bus for their field trip.

What impact does the use of first person point of view have on the passage: 'He felt nervous as he waited for the test results.'?

• It would change the passage to 'We felt nervous as we waited for the test results.'

• It would change the passage to 'You felt nervous as you waited for the test results.'

• It would change the passage to 'I felt nervous as I waited for the test results.'

• It would change the passage to 'They felt nervous as they waited for the test results.'

What impact does the use of third person point of view have on the passage: 'We had a great time at the beach last summer.'?

• It changes the passage to refer to the subject as 'I' instead of 'we'.

• It changes the passage to refer to the subject as 'you' instead of 'we'.

• It changes the passage to refer to the subject as 'he/she' instead of 'we'.

• It changes the passage to refer to the subject as 'they' instead of 'we'.

Is the following passage written in first person or third person? 'I love to play soccer with my friends.'

• Second person

• Fourth person

• First person

• Past tense

Is the following passage written in first person or third person? 'She walked to the store to buy some groceries.'

• No person

• Third person

• Fourth person

• Second person