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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 on a ship in a storm. Tale B happens on a ship on a calm sea. How do the settings differ?
  • A.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  • B.They do not differ at all
  • C.One is on a ship and one is on land
2.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
3.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 on a farm
  • C.Both are set in a city
4.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 trickster lives in a castle
  • C.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
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 lake
  • B.Both have a dark forest
  • C.Neither has a forest
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 is about a fisherman and one is not
  • B.One has a hut and one does not
  • C.One shore is icy and the other is hot
7.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.Tale B has no setting
  • C.The season is different
8.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 village
  • B.The market
  • C.The time of day

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Answer key — Comparing Settings in Tales

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  1. 1.One sea is stormy and the other is calm
  2. 2.Both are set in a garden
  3. 3.Both are set on a farm
  4. 4.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  5. 5.Both have a dark forest
  6. 6.One shore is icy and the other is hot
  7. 7.The season is different
  8. 8.The time of day

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