Reading Comprehension Skills & Strategies - Level 3

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
Na m e : _______________________________________ Date: _____________________

Directions: Read each sentence and decide in which person the sentence is written. In the space
provided, write a 1 for first person, a 2 for second person, or a 3 for third person.

Just focus on whomever the author is talking about.


  1. Because he was sick on Saturday, Pat missed the bowling tournament. ____

  2. Our neighbor’s dog broke his chain. ____

  3. Great Aunt Phyllis lost her keys at the market. ____

  4. All of your childhood heroes were cowboys. ____

  5. I hope the new girl, Jessica, is in my class. ____

  6. My sister, Sheila, performed a dance for the whole family! ____

  7. The construction worker placed his hammer atop a steel beam. ____

  8. I had no choice other than to tell Sally that I had taken the last cookie. ____

  9. Marie Curie, a French scientist, was awarded two Nobel prizes for her
    work in physics and chemistry. ____

  10. You darted around the room like a butterfly. ____


Have you ever noticed that some stories are written using
different points of view?


  • If an author writes a story about himself, he will refer
    to himself as “I”. That story, like an autobiography, is
    told in the first person.

  • If an author writes a story about you, using “you,”
    then it’s written in the second person.

  • If an author writes a story about someone else, like
    Brian, Brenda, or anyone else, then the story is
    written in the third person.


I, you,
she...
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