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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: Morse code uses dots and dashes. Text 2: Morse code can be sent as sound, light or taps. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Who invented it
  • B.The ways a message can be sent
  • C.That it uses dots and dashes
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.Why beavers build dams
  • B.What dams are made of
  • C.How big a beaver is
3.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
4.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.How the salmon finds the river
  • C.What color the salmon is
5.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
6.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 leap waterfalls
  • C.Salmon live in lakes
7.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
8.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.Why bees store honey
  • B.How bees sting
  • C.What honey is made from

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The ways a message can be sent
  2. 2.Why beavers build dams
  3. 3.Why the gas stays in the dough
  4. 4.How the salmon finds the river
  5. 5.The journey is very hard
  6. 6.Salmon leap waterfalls
  7. 7.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  8. 8.Why bees store honey

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