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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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1.Text 1 lists the rules of a game. Text 2 is a video of the game being played. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The history of the game
  • B.A longer list of rules
  • C.How the rules look in action
2.Text 1 lists the years the Thames froze. Text 2 explains how Old London Bridge slowed the river. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.A reason the river froze
  • B.More freezing dates
  • C.A list of London bridges today
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 describes how vaccines work. Text 2 tells how Jenner tested cowpox in 1796. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The history of the idea
  • B.How antibodies are made
  • C.Which vaccines exist today
5.Text 1 describes Brunel's wide gauge. Text 2 explains that most of the network was already narrower. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  • B.Where Brunel was born
  • C.How wide Brunel's gauge was
6.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 plants grow in Britain
  • C.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
7.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 price of cotton
  • B.The national job figures
  • C.What the losses meant for a single town
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How the rules look in action
  2. 2.A reason the river froze
  3. 3.How the closure felt to a worker
  4. 4.The history of the idea
  5. 5.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  6. 6.The two drinks spread in different ways
  7. 7.What the losses meant for a single town
  8. 8.Outside facts such as the union's view

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