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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.The names of canal boats
  • B.Where the canals ran
  • C.What happened to the canals over time
2.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.Which vaccines exist today
  • C.The history of the idea
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.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  • B.Proof that switching saves time
  • C.How many tasks people do
4.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
5.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
6.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.Outside facts such as the union's view
  • B.The owner's private feelings
  • C.The owner's reasons for selling his house
7.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.A summary of the whole life
  • C.The explorer's own words and feelings
8.Text 1 says textile jobs fell across the country. Text 2 shows one mill town's population falling. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.What the losses meant for a single town
  • B.The national job figures
  • C.The price of cotton

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.What happened to the canals over time
  2. 2.The history of the idea
  3. 3.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  4. 4.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  5. 5.A reason the river froze
  6. 6.Outside facts such as the union's view
  7. 7.The explorer's own words and feelings
  8. 8.What the losses meant for a single town

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