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Alike and Different is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on saying where two stories agree and where they part, aligned to Common Core standard RL.1.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Alike and Different

RL.1.9

NameDate

Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Market Day

On Saturdays, Grandpa took Omar to the market. Omar carried the basket. Grandpa carried the money. Omar's job was to pick the apples. He learned to press each one gently with his thumb. A soft spot meant the apple would be brown inside. One week Grandpa let Omar carry the money instead. Omar counted the change twice. He got it right both times.

  1. 1. How is this story different from "The Last Lap"?
  2. 2. How is Omar like Dee in "The Last Lap"?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Blue Door

At the end of the lane stood a house with a blue door. Nobody had lived there for years. The grass grew as high as Tomas. One Saturday a van pulled up. A woman got out with a ladder and a tin of paint. By teatime the blue door was bright yellow. Tomas waved. The woman waved back. "I'm Nita," she called. "Come and see the garden when I've cut it."

  1. 1. How is this story different from "The Jar of Shells"?
  2. 2. How is Nita like Nell in "The Wobbly Tooth"?

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Answer key — Alike and Different

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Omar's story is about being trusted; Dee's is about losing a race. 2. Both did well at something else — Omar counted the change and Dee made up ten metres.
  2. 2.1. This one is about Nita arriving at the empty house; that one is about Ivy's jar of shells being knocked over. 2. Both are friendly — Nita called out to Tomas and Nell sat down beside Ravi.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.