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First, second and third person is about writing from different perspectives. The personal pronouns can be divided into three groups as follows:
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- First person (the person speaking): I, we.
- Second person (the person spoken to): you.
- Third person (the person spoken about): he, she, it, they.
Next time you are reading a book, take note of which person it is written in. You may find the whole book is written in third person or that some chapters are in first person and so on. You could also try writing three pieces - each in a different person. This will really improve your English skills.
Do this elementary school quiz and get comfortable with 'person' and learn a few quotations too.
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Read Story 1 – Morris and the Bone. What point of view is the story written? |
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First person plural |
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Second person |
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Third person singular |
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First person singular |
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) |
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Second person singular/plural |
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First person singular |
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Third person singular |
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Third person plural |
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death."
- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) |
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First person singular |
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Second person singular/plural |
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Third person singular |
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Third person plural |
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What is the narrator’s point of view toward taking his dog to the vet? |
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Dread. |
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Happiness. |
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Sadness. |
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Worry. |
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5.
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What point of view is the story written? |
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First person singular. |
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Third person singular. |
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Second person. |
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First person plural. |
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."
- George Burns (1896-1996) |
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Third person singular |
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Second person singular/plural |
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First person singular |
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First person plural |
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7.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
They arrived late but safe after their dangerous journey. |
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Third person singular |
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Third person plural |
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First person plural |
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Second person singular/plural |
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962 |
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Second person plural |
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First person singular |
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Third person plural |
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First person plural |
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What is the main character’s point of view about Morris coming to the vet’s office? |
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Dread. |
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Worry. |
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Happiness. |
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Sadness. |
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"I have nothing to declare except my genius."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) upon arriving at U.S. customs 1882 |
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First person singular |
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First person plural |
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Second person singular/plural |
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Third person singular |
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1.
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Read Story 1 – Morris and the Bone. What point of view is the story written? |
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First person plural |
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Second person |
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Third person singular |
[x] |
First person singular |
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2.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) |
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[x] |
Second person singular/plural |
[ ] |
First person singular |
[ ] |
Third person singular |
[ ] |
Third person plural |
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3.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death."
- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) |
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[ ] |
First person singular |
[ ] |
Second person singular/plural |
[x] |
Third person singular |
[ ] |
Third person plural |
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4.
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What is the narrator’s point of view toward taking his dog to the vet? |
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Dread. |
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Happiness. |
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Sadness. |
[x] |
Worry. |
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5.
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What point of view is the story written? |
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First person singular. |
[x] |
Third person singular. |
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Second person. |
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First person plural. |
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6.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."
- George Burns (1896-1996) |
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Third person singular |
[x] |
Second person singular/plural |
[ ] |
First person singular |
[ ] |
First person plural |
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7.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
They arrived late but safe after their dangerous journey. |
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Third person singular |
[x] |
Third person plural |
[ ] |
First person plural |
[ ] |
Second person singular/plural |
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8.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962 |
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Second person plural |
[ ] |
First person singular |
[ ] |
Third person plural |
[x] |
First person plural |
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9.
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Read Story 2 – The Vet. What is the main character’s point of view about Morris coming to the vet’s office? |
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[x] |
Dread. |
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Worry. |
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Happiness. |
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Sadness. |
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10.
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Decide if the text has been written in the first, second or third person.
"I have nothing to declare except my genius."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) upon arriving at U.S. customs 1882 |
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[x] |
First person singular |
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First person plural |
[ ] |
Second person singular/plural |
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Third person singular |
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