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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.

Bats

Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Their wings are made of thin skin stretched between long finger bones. Most bats come out at night. They find their way by making high squeaks. The squeaks bounce off things and come back. The bat listens to the echo and knows what is ahead. Many bats eat insects. One small bat can eat a thousand insects in a night.

  1. 1. How are bats and owls alike?
  2. 2. How do bats and owls find things differently?
2.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 honey different from milk?
  2. 2. How is making honey like building a nest?

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Answer key — Same Topic, Different Facts

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  1. 1.1. Both hunt at night and both catch other animals to eat. 2. Bats use squeaks and echoes; owls use very large eyes and silent wings.
  2. 2.1. Honey is made by bees from flower nectar; milk comes from a mammal. 2. Both are done in a fixed order with materials gathered outside — nectar for honey, twigs for a nest.

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