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Same Topic, Different Facts is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on finding what two texts share and where they differ, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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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Same Topic, Different Facts

RI.1.9

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

From Flower to Jar

A honeybee visits about a hundred flowers on one trip. She sucks up nectar and stores it in a special stomach. Back at the hive, she passes the nectar to another bee. That bee chews it for about half an hour. Then it goes into a wax cell. The bees fan the cell with their wings. The water dries out and the nectar thickens into honey. Then the cell is sealed with wax.

  1. 1. How is making honey like building a nest?
  2. 2. How is honey different from milk?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Bridge Stands Up

A bridge has to hold its own weight and the weight of everything crossing it. The simplest bridge is a beam: a flat piece laid across a gap. A beam bridge cannot be very long, or it sags in the middle. An arch bridge is curved. The curve pushes the weight out to the ends, where the ground is solid. That is why arch bridges can cross wider gaps.

  1. 1. How are beam bridges and arch bridges different?
  2. 2. How are beam bridges and arch bridges alike?

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Answer key — Same Topic, Different Facts

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Both are done in a fixed order with materials gathered outside — nectar for honey, twigs for a nest. 2. Honey is made by bees from flower nectar; milk comes from a mammal.
  2. 2.1. A beam is flat and sags if it is long; an arch is curved and can cross more. 2. Both cross a gap and both must hold their own weight and the weight crossing them.

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