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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.Which cheese tastes best
  • C.How milk is turned into cheese
2.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
3.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 sailors tell lighthouses apart
  • B.That lighthouses warn ships
  • C.How tall lighthouses are
4.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
5.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.What the mill makes
  • B.Why the sails turn
  • C.Who owns the mill
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.Where swallows go
  • C.That swallows are birds
7.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.Why no pump is needed
  • C.How long a canal is
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How milk is turned into cheese
  2. 2.Why the gas stays in the dough
  3. 3.How sailors tell lighthouses apart
  4. 4.The journey is very hard
  5. 5.Why the sails turn
  6. 6.The reason swallows leave
  7. 7.Why no pump is needed
  8. 8.Why beavers build dams

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