My Story, My Voice: Personal Narrative Writing for Grade 4 

This Grade 4 worksheet on Personal Narratives (Narrative Writing) helps students learn how to write about real-life experiences using their own voice. Based on the story “My Best Field Trip,” learners explore how personal narratives describe true events, include emotions, and follow a clear order from beginning to end. 

Through comprehension questions, “show not tell” rewriting practice, multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and guided paragraph writing, students strengthen their ability to share real memories in a structured and expressive way. The worksheet encourages children to reflect on experiences and communicate their feelings clearly using first-person narration. 

Why Personal Narratives Matter in Writing? 

Personal narrative writing is important because: 
1. It helps students express real experiences confidently. 
2. It builds emotional awareness through sharing feelings and thoughts. 
3. It strengthens sequencing skills by organizing events clearly. 
4. It improves first-person writing using “I,” “me,” and “my.” 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Identify Personal Narrative Elements 
Students answer questions about who is telling the story, whether it is real or imaginary, the main event, and how the narrator feels. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Rewrite “Telling” to “Showing” 
Students rewrite sentences like “I was excited about the trip” to show feelings through actions and expressions. 

📋 Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose correct answers based on story details from “My Best Field Trip.” 

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks 
Using a word bank (personal, feelings, experience, true, story, order), students complete key concepts about personal narratives. 

✨ Exercise 5 – Write Your Own Personal Narrative 
Students write about a real memory such as a picnic, celebration, or special school day using first-person pronouns. 

ANSWER KEY (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Answer the Questions 

1. The narrator (a student describing their own field trip) is telling the story. 

2. The story is real because it describes a real-life field trip experience. 

3. The main event is the class going on a field trip to the Science Museum. 

4. The narrator feels excited, amazed, and happy but also a little sad when the day ends. 

Exercise 2 – Sample “Show” Sentences 

1. I was excited about the trip. 
→ I bounced in my seat on the bus and couldn’t stop smiling as we reached the museum. 

2. I was scared to touch the moon rock. 
→ My hands trembled a little as I slowly stretched my fingers toward the cold moon rock. 

3. I was happy when we took a group photo. 
→ I grinned from ear to ear and squeezed closer to my friends when the camera flashed. 
(Answers may vary.) 

Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice 

1. b) A museum 
2. c) Arjun 
3. c) The space section 
4. b) Sad it was over 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks 

1. personal 
2. experience 
3. feelings 
4. order 
5. true 

Exercise 5 – Sample Personal Narrative 

Last Sunday, I went to the park with my family for a picnic. I spread my blanket under a big tree while my brother ran to play on the swings. We shared sandwiches and laughed together in the sunshine. I felt peaceful and happy spending time with everyone. It was one of my favorite days of the month. 
(Answers may vary.) 

Help your child turn real-life memories into meaningful stories with structured personal narrative writing practice. 
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