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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 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.That a lock has gates
  • C.How long a canal is
2.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
3.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
4.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.What honey is made from
  • B.Why bees store honey
  • C.How bees sting
5.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
6.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.Why the gas stays in the dough
  • C.How long to bake the bread
7.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.That lighthouses warn ships
  • B.How tall lighthouses are
  • C.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
8.Text 1: Beavers build dams of sticks and mud. Text 2: A beaver dam makes a pond where beavers are safe from wolves. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Why beavers build dams
  • B.What dams are made of
  • C.How big a beaver is

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Why no pump is needed
  2. 2.Salmon leap waterfalls
  3. 3.The journey is very hard
  4. 4.Why bees store honey
  5. 5.The ways a message can be sent
  6. 6.Why the gas stays in the dough
  7. 7.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  8. 8.Why beavers build dams

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