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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 how vaccines work. Text 2 tells how Jenner tested cowpox in 1796. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.Which vaccines exist today
  • B.The history of the idea
  • C.How antibodies are made
2.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
3.Text 1 says bees pollinate many crops. Text 2 reports that bee numbers are falling. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Crops do not need bees
  • B.Some crops may be at risk
  • C.Bees are increasing
4.Text 1 lists the years the Thames froze. Text 2 explains how Old London Bridge slowed the river. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.More freezing dates
  • B.A reason the river froze
  • C.A list of London bridges today
5.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
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.The owner's private feelings
  • B.Outside facts such as the union's view
  • C.The owner's reasons for selling his house
7.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.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  • C.The science of magma
8.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.What happened to the canals over time
  • B.Where the canals ran
  • C.The names of canal boats

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Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The history of the idea
  2. 2.The two drinks spread in different ways
  3. 3.Some crops may be at risk
  4. 4.A reason the river froze
  5. 5.What the losses meant for a single town
  6. 6.Outside facts such as the union's view
  7. 7.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  8. 8.What happened to the canals over time

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