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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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Circle the right answer.

1.Text 1: Cheese is made from milk. Text 2: Bacteria and rennet split milk into curds and whey. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.That cheese comes from milk
  • B.Which cheese tastes best
  • C.How milk is turned into cheese
2.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
3.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.What color the salmon is
  • B.That the salmon returns
  • C.How the salmon finds the river
4.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 live in lakes
  • C.Salmon leap waterfalls
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: 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.How big a beaver is
  • B.Why beavers build dams
  • C.What dams are made of
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.Who owns the mill
  • C.Why the sails turn
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.That the code uses dots
  • B.When the code was finished
  • C.How the dots are printed

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How milk is turned into cheese
  2. 2.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  3. 3.How the salmon finds the river
  4. 4.Salmon leap waterfalls
  5. 5.Why no pump is needed
  6. 6.Why beavers build dams
  7. 7.Why the sails turn
  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.