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.
Set 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Alike and Different
RL.1.9
NameDate
Read the story, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
The Boots by the Door
Priya's boots were too small. Her toes pressed against the ends. But they were red, and she loved them.
For a week she said nothing. Then she could not run at playtime without it hurting.
She told her mum. Her mum did not laugh. They took the red boots to the charity shop and found a bigger pair, green this time. Priya kept the red ones by the door for a month before she let them go.
1. How is Priya like Omar in "Market Day"?
2. How is this story different from "Market Day"?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Too Loud
The school band practised in the hall every Thursday. Sam played the drum. He liked it best when he could hit it hard.
"Softer," said Mrs Otu. "The flutes cannot be heard."
Sam did not want to play softly. But he tried it. This time he could hear the flutes too, winding above the drum like a bird. It sounded better than anything he had played before.
1. How is this story different from "One Glove"?
2. How is Sam like Ravi in "The Wobbly Tooth"?
LessonPrint · RL.1.9 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Alike and Different
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Both grew into something new over time. 2. Priya has to give something up; Omar is given something more.
2.1. This one is about Sam learning to play softly; that one is about Maya returning a glove. 2. Both took advice — Sam from Mrs Otu and Dee from her team — and were glad they did.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.1.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.