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Two Stories Side by Side is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on comparing what happens to characters in two stories, 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 that each ask 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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Two Stories Side by Side

RL.1.9

NameDate

Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.

1.Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.

Text 1: 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. What was the woman's name?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.

Text 2: One Glove

Maya found one green glove on the wall by the bus stop. It was small, so it belonged to a child. She could not just leave it. She pinned a note to the wall: FOUND — ONE GREEN GLOVE. ASK AT NUMBER 12. For three days nobody came. On the fourth day a boy knocked. He had the other green glove in his hand.

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

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Answer key — Two Stories Side by Side

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Nita.
  2. 2.1. This one is about Maya giving a glove back; that one is about Nita moving into the house. 2. Both are friendly — Nita called out to Tomas and Nell sat down beside Ravi. 3. This one is about Nita arriving at the empty house; that one is about Ivy's jar of shells being knocked over.

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