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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 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.A summary of the whole life
  • C.The explorer's own words and feelings
2.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.What happened to the canals over time
  • B.Where the canals ran
  • C.The names of canal boats
3.Text 1 describes how vaccines work. Text 2 tells how Jenner tested cowpox in 1796. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Which vaccines exist today
  • B.How antibodies are made
  • C.The history of the idea
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.A longer list of rules
  • C.The history of the game
5.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  • B.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
  • C.Teenagers need no sleep
6.Text 1 says bees pollinate many crops. Text 2 reports that bee numbers are falling. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Crops do not need bees
  • B.Some crops may be at risk
  • C.Bees are increasing
7.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.The two drinks spread in different ways
  • B.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
  • C.Both plants grow in Britain
8.Text 1 explains how a volcano forms. Text 2 is a survivor's diary of an eruption. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The science of magma
  • B.A map of the world's volcanoes
  • C.A firsthand experience of an eruption

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The explorer's own words and feelings
  2. 2.What happened to the canals over time
  3. 3.The history of the idea
  4. 4.How the rules look in action
  5. 5.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  6. 6.Some crops may be at risk
  7. 7.The two drinks spread in different ways
  8. 8.A firsthand experience of an eruption

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