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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 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 garden
  • B.Both are set in a palace
  • C.Both are set indoors
2.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 by the sea
  • B.Both are set in a desert
  • C.Both are set at noon
3.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
4.Tale A happens in a freezing forest in winter. Tale B happens in the same forest in summer. How are the settings different?
  • A.Tale B has no setting
  • B.The season is different
  • C.The place is different
5.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.They do not differ at all
  • B.One is on a ship and one is on land
  • C.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
6.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.Neither has a forest
  • B.Both have a lake
  • C.Both have a dark forest
7.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.Only the time is different
  • C.Nothing is different
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.The time is different
  • C.Tale A has no town

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Answer key — Comparing Settings in Tales

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  1. 1.Both are set in a garden
  2. 2.Both are set in a desert
  3. 3.One must cope with heat and the other with snow and cold
  4. 4.The season is different
  5. 5.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  6. 6.Both have a dark forest
  7. 7.Both the place and the time are different
  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.