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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 farm by a river. Tale B is set on a farm in the hills. What do the settings share?
  • A.Both are set in a city
  • B.Both are set on a farm
  • C.Both are set by a river
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 in a desert
  • B.Both are set at noon
  • C.Both are set by the sea
3.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
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.One home is under a bridge and the other is a cave
  • B.Both live in the same cave
  • C.One trickster lives in a castle
5.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
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.Tale B has no setting
  • B.The place is different
  • C.The season is different
7.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
8.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 indoors
  • C.Both are set in a palace

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Answer key — Comparing Settings in Tales

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

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