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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: Cheese is made from milk. Text 2: Bacteria and rennet split milk into curds and whey. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How milk is turned into cheese
  • B.That cheese comes from milk
  • C.Which cheese tastes best
2.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.What dams are made of
  • B.How big a beaver is
  • C.Why beavers build dams
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.The journey is short
  • C.Swallows never come back
4.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
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.The ways a message can be sent
  • B.That it uses dots and dashes
  • C.Who invented it
6.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
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.Who owns the mill
  • B.Why the sails turn
  • C.What the mill makes
8.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.What color the salmon is
  • C.How the salmon finds the river

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How milk is turned into cheese
  2. 2.Why beavers build dams
  3. 3.The journey is very hard
  4. 4.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  5. 5.The ways a message can be sent
  6. 6.Why bees store honey
  7. 7.Why the sails turn
  8. 8.How the salmon finds the river

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