First and Third Person Point of View
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding first and third person points of view in literature.
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Point of View Practice: First and Third Person
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Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Pay close attention to the narrator's perspective to determine the point of view.
Point of view refers to who is telling the story. There are three main types:
First Person: The narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like 'I,' 'me,' 'my,' 'we,' and 'us.'
Third Person: The narrator is outside the story and uses pronouns like 'he,' 'she,' 'it,' 'they,' 'him,' 'her,' and 'them.' Third person can be omniscient (all-knowing), limited (knows one character's thoughts), or objective (reports only what is seen and heard).
Passage 1:
I walked through the dusty market, my eyes scanning the colorful stalls. The scent of spices filled the air, and I clutched my coin purse tightly. I knew I needed to find a gift for my sister before sunset.
1. What point of view is this passage written in?
2. List two pronouns from the passage that support your answer.
Passage 2:
The old woman sat by the window, watching the rain fall. She sighed softly, remembering a time when her garden was full of blooming roses. Her cat, Mittens, purred contentedly on her lap, unaware of her owner's melancholy.
3. Which point of view is used in Passage 2?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Omniscient First Person
4. In a first-person narrative, the story is told by a character using pronouns like and .
5. When a narrator uses pronouns such as 'he,' 'she,' or 'they,' the story is being told from a point of view.
6. A third-person omniscient narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
True
False
7. Rewrite the following sentence from first-person to third-person limited point of view:
Original: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the magical creature, and I wondered if anyone else would believe me."