Story vs Facts: Comparing Narrative and Informational Texts for Class 6  

This Grade 6 worksheet helps students understand the difference between narrative and informational texts. Using two engaging passages—Arjun’s forest experience and a factual explanation about forests (as seen on page 3 of the worksheet)—learners explore how stories and facts are presented differently. Through structured exercises, students develop the ability to identify purpose, features, and key differences between text types.

Why Comparing Text Types Matters in Grammar? 

Understanding different types of texts helps students become better readers and writers. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because:  
1. It helps distinguish between storytelling and factual writing.  
2. It improves comprehension and analysis skills.  
3. It builds awareness of purpose in writing.  
4. It supports clear and structured expression.  

What’s Inside This Worksheet?  

This worksheet includes five structured activities to build understanding step-by-step:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions  
Students identify features, purposes, and differences between narrative and informational texts.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks  
Learners complete sentences based on key concepts like facts, events, and purpose.

📋 Exercise 3 – True or False  
Students analyse statements about narrative and informational writing.

📝 Exercise 4 – Identify Informational Sentences  
Students underline sentences that belong to factual, informational text.

🎯 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing  
Students explain how narrative and informational texts differ using examples.

This worksheet ensures students move from recognising text types to analysing them clearly.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – MCQs  
1. a) Narrative text  
2. b) Informational text  
3. c) Includes characters and events  
4. b) Provides facts and explanations  
5. c) To entertain  
6. b) To inform  
7. a) Arjun saw a deer  
8. b) Forests support biodiversity  
9. a) One is factual, the other is story-based  
10. c) It gives clear facts  

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks  
1. story  
2. facts  
3. events  
4. explanations  
5. experience  
6. forests  
7. habitat  
8. events  
9. information  
10. forests  

Exercise 3 – True/False  
1. False  
2. True  
3. True  
4. True  
5. True  
6. False  
7. True  
8. False  
9. False  
10. True  

Exercise 4 – Underline the Informational Sentences  
1. Forests help maintain oxygen levels  
3. Forests support biodiversity  
5. Trees prevent soil erosion  
7. Forests provide habitat for animals  
9. Forests are important for the environment  

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing  
Sample Answer:  
Narrative and informational texts are different in both purpose and style. The narrative text tells a story about Arjun’s experience in the forest, using characters and events to entertain the reader. In contrast, the informational text gives facts about forests, such as how they support biodiversity and help the environment. Similarly, a story about a trip is narrative, while a textbook explaining ecosystems is informational.

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