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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 describes how vaccines work. Text 2 tells how Jenner tested cowpox in 1796. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How antibodies are made
  • B.The history of the idea
  • C.Which vaccines exist today
2.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.The owner's reasons for selling his house
  • B.Outside facts such as the union's view
  • C.The owner's private feelings
3.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.The names of canal boats
  • B.What happened to the canals over time
  • C.Where the canals ran
4.Text 1 explains how a volcano forms. Text 2 is a survivor's diary of an eruption. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.A map of the world's volcanoes
  • B.The science of magma
  • C.A firsthand experience of an eruption
5.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
6.Text 1 shows that switching tasks wastes time. Text 2 shows that people do not notice the cost. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  • B.How many tasks people do
  • C.Proof that switching saves time
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.Both plants grow in Britain
  • B.The two drinks spread in different ways
  • C.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
8.Text 1 describes Brunel's wide gauge. Text 2 explains that most of the network was already narrower. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How wide Brunel's gauge was
  • B.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  • C.Where Brunel was born

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The history of the idea
  2. 2.Outside facts such as the union's view
  3. 3.What happened to the canals over time
  4. 4.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  5. 5.The explorer's own words and feelings
  6. 6.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  7. 7.The two drinks spread in different ways
  8. 8.Why Brunel's gauge lost

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