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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 says bees pollinate many crops. Text 2 reports that bee numbers are falling. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Some crops may be at risk
  • B.Crops do not need bees
  • C.Bees are increasing
2.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
3.Text 1 explains how a volcano forms. Text 2 is a survivor's diary of an eruption. What does Text 2 add?
  • A.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  • B.A map of the world's volcanoes
  • C.The science of magma
4.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.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  • C.How many tasks people do
5.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
6.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
7.Text 1 says sleep helps memory. Text 2 reports that teenagers' body clocks shift later. What do they suggest together?
  • A.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  • B.Memory has nothing to do with sleep
  • C.Teenagers need no sleep
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.The number of jobs lost
  • B.How the closure felt to a worker
  • C.The year the mill opened

LessonPrint · RI.5.9 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Each Text Contributes

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Some crops may be at risk
  2. 2.The explorer's own words and feelings
  3. 3.A firsthand experience of an eruption
  4. 4.Why people keep multitasking anyway
  5. 5.The two drinks spread in different ways
  6. 6.Why Brunel's gauge lost
  7. 7.Early school starts may harm teenagers' learning
  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.