Comparing Settings in Tales is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on comparing where and when two tales take place, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.9. It prints 8 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Tale A takes place in a castle long ago. Tale B takes place in a city today. How are the settings different?
A.Only the time is different
B.Nothing is different
C.Both the place and the time are different
2.Tale A happens in a palace garden. Tale B happens in a poor family's small vegetable patch. What do the settings share?
A.Both are set in a palace
B.Both are set in a garden
C.Both are set indoors
3.In both tales a wolf lives in a dark forest, but in Tale B the forest is beside a lake. What is the same about the settings?
A.Both have a dark forest
B.Both have a lake
C.Neither has a forest
4.Tale A happens on a ship in a storm. Tale B happens on a ship on a calm sea. How do the settings differ?
A.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
B.One is on a ship and one is on land
C.They do not differ at all
5.In Tale A, the trickster lives under a bridge. In Tale B, the trickster lives in a cave. How are the settings different?
A.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
B.One trickster lives in a castle
C.Both live in the same cave
6.Tale A happens in a freezing forest in winter. Tale B happens in the same forest in summer. How are the settings different?
A.The season is different
B.Tale B has no setting
C.The place is different
7.Tale A is set on a snowy mountain top. Tale B is set in the valley below the same mountain. What do the settings share?
A.Both are set at sea
B.Both are snowy mountain tops
C.Both are set by the same mountain
8.In Tale A, a fisherman lives in a hut on an icy shore. In Tale B, a fisherman lives in a hut on a hot, sandy shore. What is the biggest difference?
A.One shore is icy and the other is hot
B.One is about a fisherman and one is not
C.One has a hut and one does not
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Answer key — Comparing Settings in Tales
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Both the place and the time are different
2.Both are set in a garden
3.Both have a dark forest
4.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
5.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
6.The season is different
7.Both are set by the same mountain
8.One shore is icy and the other is hot
Questions about Comparing Settings in Tales
What does the Comparing Settings in Tales worksheet cover?
It practices comparing where and when two tales take place — 8 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RL.3.9: Compare two books from a series on theme, setting and plot. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Comparing Settings in Tales practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9 — RL.3.9, under Reading: Literature for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Comparing Settings in Tales is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RL.3.9, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Comparing Settings in Tales come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Comparing Settings in Tales can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Comparing Settings in Tales free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Comparing Settings in Tales, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.3.9
Compare two books from a series on theme, setting and plot.