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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.That cheese comes from milk
  • B.How milk is turned into cheese
  • C.Which cheese tastes best
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.That lighthouses warn ships
  • B.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  • C.How tall lighthouses are
3.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.How long a canal is
  • B.Why no pump is needed
  • C.That a lock has gates
4.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.What dams are made of
  • C.Why beavers build dams
5.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
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.When the code was finished
  • C.How the dots are printed
7.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.Swallows never come back
  • B.The journey is very hard
  • C.The journey is short
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How milk is turned into cheese
  2. 2.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  3. 3.Why no pump is needed
  4. 4.Why beavers build dams
  5. 5.Why the gas stays in the dough
  6. 6.When the code was finished
  7. 7.The journey is very hard
  8. 8.Salmon leap waterfalls

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