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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 takes place in a castle long ago. Tale B takes place in a city today. How are the settings different?
  • A.Nothing is different
  • B.Only the time is different
  • C.Both the place and the time are different
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 in a desert at noon. Tale B is set in a desert at midnight. What do the settings share?
  • A.Both are set at noon
  • B.Both are set by the sea
  • C.Both are set in a desert
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.Both live in the same cave
  • B.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  • C.One trickster lives in a castle
6.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
7.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 is on a ship and one is on land
  • B.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  • C.They do not differ at all
8.Tale A happens in a busy town long ago. Tale B happens in the same town in the future. How are the settings different?
  • A.The town is different
  • B.Tale A has no town
  • C.The time 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.Both the place and the time are different
  3. 3.The season is different
  4. 4.Both are set in a desert
  5. 5.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  6. 6.One shore is icy and the other is hot
  7. 7.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  8. 8.The time is different

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