What Each Version Changes is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on matching the same moment across two versions of a story, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.9. 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 19 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.
What Each Version Changes
RL.2.9
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Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Join each line to the same moment in the other version.
The Gingerbread Man, version 1: a fox carries him across the river and eats him.
Cinderella, version 1: a fairy godmother gives her a dress.
Little Red Riding Hood, version 1: a woodcutter saves her at the end.
The Tortoise and the Hare, version 1: the hare falls asleep in the race.
A.Cinderella, version 2: the bones of a magic fish give her a dress.
B.The Tortoise and the Hare, version 2: the hare stops in the race to eat carrots.
C.Little Red Riding Hood, version 2: she saves herself at the end by running for the door.
D.The Gingerbread Man, version 2: a fox carries him across the river, but he jumps free.
2.Join each line to the same moment in the other version.
Goldilocks, version 1: she runs away when the bears find her.
Little Red Riding Hood, version 1: the wolf swallows Grandma.
Three Little Pigs, version 1: the wolf falls down the chimney into a pot.
Three Little Pigs, version 1: the wolf blows down the straw house.
A.Goldilocks, version 2: she says sorry when the bears find her.
B.Little Red Riding Hood, version 2: Grandma hides from the wolf in the closet.
C.Three Little Pigs, version 2: the wolf slides down the chimney and runs off for good.
D.Three Little Pigs, version 2: a coyote blows down the house made of tumbleweeds.
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Answer key — What Each Version Changes
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The Gingerbread Man, version 1: a fox carries him across the river and eats him. — D (The Gingerbread Man, version 2: a fox carries him across the river, but he jumps free.) 2. Cinderella, version 1: a fairy godmother gives her a dress. — A (Cinderella, version 2: the bones of a magic fish give her a dress.) 3. Little Red Riding Hood, version 1: a woodcutter saves her at the end. — C (Little Red Riding Hood, version 2: she saves herself at the end by running for the door.) 4. The Tortoise and the Hare, version 1: the hare falls asleep in the race. — B (The Tortoise and the Hare, version 2: the hare stops in the race to eat carrots.)
2.1. Goldilocks, version 1: she runs away when the bears find her. — A (Goldilocks, version 2: she says sorry when the bears find her.) 2. Little Red Riding Hood, version 1: the wolf swallows Grandma. — B (Little Red Riding Hood, version 2: Grandma hides from the wolf in the closet.) 3. Three Little Pigs, version 1: the wolf falls down the chimney into a pot. — C (Three Little Pigs, version 2: the wolf slides down the chimney and runs off for good.) 4. Three Little Pigs, version 1: the wolf blows down the straw house. — D (Three Little Pigs, version 2: a coyote blows down the house made of tumbleweeds.)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.