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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: A salmon swims back up its home river. Text 2: A salmon finds its home river by smell. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.That the salmon returns
  • B.How the salmon finds the river
  • C.What color the salmon is
2.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.Swallows never come back
  • C.The journey is very hard
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: 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.Why no pump is needed
  • B.How long a canal is
  • C.That a lock has gates
5.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 stop eating on the way
  • B.Salmon leap waterfalls
  • C.Salmon live in lakes
6.Text 1: Braille is a code of raised dots. Text 2: Louis Braille finished his code at fifteen. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.That the code uses dots
  • B.How the dots are printed
  • C.When the code was finished
7.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.Why the sails turn
  • C.Who owns the mill
8.Text 1: Lighthouses warn ships about rocks. Text 2: Each lighthouse flashes its own pattern so sailors know which one they see. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How tall lighthouses are
  • B.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  • C.That lighthouses warn ships

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How the salmon finds the river
  2. 2.The journey is very hard
  3. 3.The reason swallows leave
  4. 4.Why no pump is needed
  5. 5.Salmon leap waterfalls
  6. 6.When the code was finished
  7. 7.Why the sails turn
  8. 8.How sailors tell lighthouses apart

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