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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 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
2.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
3.Text 1 shows that switching tasks wastes time. Text 2 shows that people do not notice the cost. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Proof that switching saves time
  • B.How many tasks people do
  • C.Why people keep multitasking anyway
4.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.The explorer's own words and feelings
  • C.Another writer's opinion
5.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
  • B.Teenagers need no sleep
  • C.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
6.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
7.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
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  2. 2.What the losses meant for a single town
  3. 3.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  4. 4.The explorer's own words and feelings
  5. 5.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  6. 6.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  7. 7.What happened to the canals over time
  8. 8.How the closure felt to a worker

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