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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 lists the rules of a game. Text 2 is a video of the game being played. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How the rules look in action
  • B.The history of the game
  • C.A longer list of rules
2.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.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  • C.Teenagers need no sleep
3.Text 1 describes Brunel's wide gauge. Text 2 explains that most of the network was already narrower. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.How wide Brunel's gauge was
  • B.Where Brunel was born
  • C.Why Brunel's gauge lost
4.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
5.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
6.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
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.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  • B.Proof that switching saves time
  • C.How many tasks people do
8.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

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Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How the rules look in action
  2. 2.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  3. 3.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  4. 4.How the closure felt to a worker
  5. 5.What happened to the canals over time
  6. 6.A reason the river froze
  7. 7.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  8. 8.The two drinks spread in different ways

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