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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.A summary of the whole life
  • B.Another writer's opinion
  • C.The explorer's own words and feelings
2.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Teenagers need no sleep
  • B.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
  • C.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
3.Text 1 lists the years the Thames froze. Text 2 explains how Old London Bridge slowed the river. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.More freezing dates
  • B.A reason the river froze
  • C.A list of London bridges today
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 firsthand experience of an eruption
  • B.The science of magma
  • C.A map of the world's volcanoes
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.The price of cotton
  • C.What the losses meant for a single town
6.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.What happened to the canals over time
  • C.The names of canal boats
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 drinks were mostly smuggled
  • B.Both plants grow in Britain
  • C.The two drinks spread in different ways
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The explorer's own words and feelings
  2. 2.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  3. 3.A reason the river froze
  4. 4.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  5. 5.What the losses meant for a single town
  6. 6.What happened to the canals over time
  7. 7.The two drinks spread in different ways
  8. 8.The history of the idea

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