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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 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
2.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.How the closure felt to a worker
  • B.The number of jobs lost
  • C.The year the mill opened
3.Text 1 is a biography of an explorer. Text 2 is the explorer's own letters home. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.The explorer's own words and feelings
  • B.A summary of the whole life
  • C.Another writer's opinion
4.Text 1 says bees pollinate many crops. Text 2 reports that bee numbers are falling. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Some crops may be at risk
  • B.Bees are increasing
  • C.Crops do not need bees
5.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.Both drinks were mostly smuggled
  • C.The two drinks spread in different ways
6.Text 1 describes Brunel's wide gauge. Text 2 explains that most of the network was already narrower. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Where Brunel was born
  • B.How wide Brunel's gauge was
  • C.Why Brunel's gauge lost
7.Text 1 shows that switching tasks wastes time. Text 2 shows that people do not notice the cost. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How many tasks people do
  • B.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  • C.Proof that switching saves time
8.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

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Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.What happened to the canals over time
  2. 2.How the closure felt to a worker
  3. 3.The explorer's own words and feelings
  4. 4.Some crops may be at risk
  5. 5.The two drinks spread in different ways
  6. 6.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  7. 7.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  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.