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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Two Stories Side by Side
RL.1.9
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Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.
1.Read Text 1 and answer the question under it.
Text 1: 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. What was Omar's job?
2.Now read Text 2 and answer these questions about BOTH texts.
Text 2: 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 recess without it hurting.
She told her mom. Her mom did not laugh. They took the red boots to the thrift store 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 Omar like Dee in "The Last Lap"?
2. How is this story different from "Market Day"?
3. How is this story different from "The Last Lap"?
LessonPrint · RL.1.9 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Two Stories Side by Side
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To pick the apples.
2.1. Both did well at something else — Omar counted the change and Dee made up ten meters. 2. Priya has to give something up; Omar is given something more. 3. Omar's story is about being trusted; Dee's is about losing a race.
More practice for RL.1.9
Compare what happens to two characters in different stories.