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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 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.What the losses meant for a single town
  • C.The price of cotton
3.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
4.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.The two drinks spread in different ways
  • C.Both plants grow in Britain
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 list of London bridges today
  • B.More freezing dates
  • C.A reason the river froze
6.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
7.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
8.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

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 5 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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