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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: 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
3.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.Why the sails turn
  • B.What the mill makes
  • C.Who owns the mill
4.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
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 live in lakes
  • C.Salmon leap waterfalls
6.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
7.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.How long to bake the bread
  • B.That yeast gives off gas
  • C.Why the gas stays in the dough
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 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.When the code was finished
  2. 2.Why no pump is needed
  3. 3.Why the sails turn
  4. 4.How milk is turned into cheese
  5. 5.Salmon leap waterfalls
  6. 6.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  7. 7.Why the gas stays in the dough
  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.