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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 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 set at sea
  • C.Both are snowy mountain tops
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 season is different
  • B.Tale B has no setting
  • C.The place is different
4.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 lake
  • B.Both have a dark forest
  • C.Neither has a forest
5.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
6.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.They do not differ at all
  • C.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
7.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 have rain every day
  • C.Both are set in a jungle
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 is about a fisherman and one is not
  • B.One shore is icy and the other is hot
  • 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 are set by the same mountain
  2. 2.The time of day
  3. 3.The season is different
  4. 4.Both have a dark forest
  5. 5.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
  6. 6.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  7. 7.Both are set in a jungle
  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.