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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.Tale A takes place in a castle long ago. Tale B takes place in a city today. How are the settings different?
  • A.Both the place and the time are different
  • B.Nothing is different
  • C.Only the time is different
2.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.Only one is set on an island
  • C.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
3.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 by the same mountain
  • B.Both are snowy mountain tops
  • C.Both are set at sea
4.Tale A is set on a farm by a river. Tale B is set on a farm in the hills. What do the settings share?
  • A.Both are set by a river
  • B.Both are set in a city
  • C.Both are set on a farm
5.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
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.The place is different
  • C.Tale B has no setting
7.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
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

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  1. 1.Both the place and the time are different
  2. 2.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
  3. 3.Both are set by the same mountain
  4. 4.Both are set on a farm
  5. 5.Both have a dark forest
  6. 6.The season is different
  7. 7.Both are set in a garden
  8. 8.One shore is icy and the other is hot

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