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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.When the code was finished
  • B.That the code uses dots
  • C.How the dots are printed
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.How big a beaver is
  • B.Why beavers build dams
  • C.What dams are made of
3.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
4.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
5.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.Where swallows go
  • B.That swallows are birds
  • C.The reason swallows leave
6.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.Who owns the mill
  • B.Why the sails turn
  • C.What the mill makes
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.Why the gas stays in the dough
  • B.That yeast gives off gas
  • C.How long to bake the bread
8.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.How tall lighthouses are
  • C.That lighthouses warn ships

LessonPrint · RI.3.9 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Adds

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.When the code was finished
  2. 2.Why beavers build dams
  3. 3.How milk is turned into cheese
  4. 4.Salmon leap waterfalls
  5. 5.The reason swallows leave
  6. 6.Why the sails turn
  7. 7.Why the gas stays in the dough
  8. 8.How sailors tell lighthouses apart

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