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What Each Text Adds is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on comparing two short texts on one topic to find what the second adds, aligned to Common Core standard RI.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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What Each Text Adds

RI.3.9

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1.Text 1: Bread rises because yeast gives off gas. Text 2: The gas is trapped by a stretchy web of gluten. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Why the gas stays in the dough
  • B.How long to bake the bread
  • C.That yeast gives off gas
2.Text 1: Swallows fly to Africa every fall. Text 2: Swallows leave because the flying insects they eat disappear. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Where swallows go
  • B.The reason swallows leave
  • C.That swallows are birds
3.Text 1: A windmill grinds grain into flour. Text 2: Its sails are set at an angle so the wind pushes them round. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.What the mill makes
  • B.Who owns the mill
  • C.Why the sails turn
4.Text 1 says swallows lose a third of their weight. Text 2 says many swallows die on the way. What do both texts show?
  • A.The journey is short
  • B.The journey is very hard
  • C.Swallows never come back
5.Text 1: A lock has a gate at each end. Text 2: A lock needs no pump because water flows by gravity. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How long a canal is
  • B.That a lock has gates
  • C.Why no pump is needed
6.Text 1 and Text 2 both say salmon leap waterfalls. Only Text 2 says they stop eating on the way. Which point is in both texts?
  • A.Salmon leap waterfalls
  • B.Salmon stop eating on the way
  • C.Salmon live in lakes
7.Text 1: Morse code uses dots and dashes. Text 2: Morse code can be sent as sound, light or taps. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The ways a message can be sent
  • B.Who invented it
  • C.That it uses dots and dashes
8.Text 1: Braille is a code of raised dots. Text 2: Louis Braille finished his code at fifteen. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.When the code was finished
  • B.That the code uses dots
  • C.How the dots are printed

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Why the gas stays in the dough
  2. 2.The reason swallows leave
  3. 3.Why the sails turn
  4. 4.The journey is very hard
  5. 5.Why no pump is needed
  6. 6.Salmon leap waterfalls
  7. 7.The ways a message can be sent
  8. 8.When the code was finished

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