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What Each Text Contributes is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on identifying what a second text adds to the first, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.9. 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 Contributes

RI.5.9

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Circle the right answer.

1.Text 1 explains how tea became a habit at home. Text 2 explains how coffee houses became meeting places. What do they show together?
  • A.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
  • B.The two drinks spread in different ways
  • C.Both plants grow in Britain
2.Text 1 says bees pollinate many crops. Text 2 reports that bee numbers are falling. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Bees are increasing
  • B.Some crops may be at risk
  • C.Crops do not need bees
3.Text 1 reports that the mill closed with 214 jobs lost. Text 2 is a weaver's memory of the closing day. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The year the mill opened
  • B.How the closure felt to a worker
  • C.The number of jobs lost
4.Text 1 lists the rules of a game. Text 2 is a video of the game being played. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How the rules look in action
  • B.The history of the game
  • C.A longer list of rules
5.Text 1 says textile jobs fell across the country. Text 2 shows one mill town's population falling. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The national job figures
  • B.What the losses meant for a single town
  • C.The price of cotton
6.Text 1 is an owner's account of closing his mill. Text 2 is a newspaper report of the same closure. What does Text 2 contribute?
  • A.Outside facts such as the union's view
  • B.The owner's private feelings
  • C.The owner's reasons for selling his house
7.Text 1 is a biography of an explorer. Text 2 is the explorer's own letters home. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Another writer's opinion
  • B.The explorer's own words and feelings
  • C.A summary of the whole life
8.Text 1 is a map of Britain's canals. Text 2 is a chart of canal profits falling after 1830. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Where the canals ran
  • B.The names of canal boats
  • C.What happened to the canals over time

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The two drinks spread in different ways
  2. 2.Some crops may be at risk
  3. 3.How the closure felt to a worker
  4. 4.How the rules look in action
  5. 5.What the losses meant for a single town
  6. 6.Outside facts such as the union's view
  7. 7.The explorer's own words and feelings
  8. 8.What happened to the canals over time

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.