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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: Braille is a code of raised dots. Text 2: Louis Braille finished his code at fifteen. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How the dots are printed
  • B.When the code was finished
  • C.That the code uses dots
2.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.That yeast gives off gas
  • B.How long to bake the bread
  • C.Why the gas stays in the dough
3.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.That swallows are birds
  • B.Where swallows go
  • C.The reason swallows leave
4.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.That it uses dots and dashes
  • B.Who invented it
  • C.The ways a message can be sent
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.That a lock has gates
  • B.How long a canal is
  • 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 live in lakes
  • B.Salmon leap waterfalls
  • C.Salmon stop eating on the way
7.Text 1: Honeybees make honey from nectar. Text 2: Bees store honey to eat in winter when there are no flowers. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How bees sting
  • B.Why bees store honey
  • C.What honey is made from
8.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 very hard
  • B.Swallows never come back
  • C.The journey is short

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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