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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: 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.Why the gas stays in the dough
  • C.That yeast gives off gas
2.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.How bees sting
  • B.Why bees store honey
  • C.What honey is made from
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.Who owns the mill
  • C.What the mill makes
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.Which cheese tastes best
  • B.How milk is turned into cheese
  • C.That cheese comes from milk
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.Why no pump is needed
  • B.How long a canal is
  • C.That a lock has gates
6.Text 1: Swallows fly to Africa every fall. Text 2: Swallows leave because the flying insects they eat disappear. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The reason swallows leave
  • B.That swallows are birds
  • C.Where swallows go
7.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.The ways a message can be sent
  • C.Who invented it
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 leap waterfalls
  • B.Salmon live in lakes
  • C.Salmon stop eating on the way

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Why the gas stays in the dough
  2. 2.Why bees store honey
  3. 3.Why the sails turn
  4. 4.How milk is turned into cheese
  5. 5.Why no pump is needed
  6. 6.The reason swallows leave
  7. 7.The ways a message can be sent
  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.