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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.

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Comparing Settings in Tales

RL.3.9

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1.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
2.Tale A happens in a village market in the morning. Tale B happens in the same market at night. What changes between the tales?
  • A.The market
  • B.The time of day
  • C.The village
3.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 place is different
  • B.The season is different
  • C.Tale B has no setting
4.Tale A is set on an island in the hot sun. Tale B is set on an island covered in snow. Why might the characters' problems be different?
  • A.Islands are always the same
  • B.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
  • C.Only one is set on an island
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 trickster lives in a castle
  • B.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  • C.Both live in the same cave
6.Tale A is set in a jungle where it rains every day. Tale B is set in a jungle in a dry year. What do the settings share?
  • A.Both are set in the mountains
  • B.Both are set in a jungle
  • C.Both have rain every day
7.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 has a hut and one does not
  • C.One is about a fisherman and one is not
8.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.Both the place and the time are different
  • C.Nothing is different

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Answer key — Comparing Settings in Tales

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  1. 1.Both have a dark forest
  2. 2.The time of day
  3. 3.The season is different
  4. 4.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
  5. 5.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  6. 6.Both are set in a jungle
  7. 7.One shore is icy and the other is hot
  8. 8.Both the place and the time are different

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.