- What is different between the two texts?
Answer: Text 1 is about nurses, and Text 2 is about firefighters.
Text 1 is about nurses, and Text 2 is about firefighters, so that is the difference. The firefighter uses the hose, not the nurse, the nurse works at a clinic so neither text puts both helpers in a hospital, and the last choice swaps the hose detail.
- What is different in the two texts?
Answer: Text 1 tells how firefighters help after crashes, and Text 2 tells how they check their gear.
Text 1 tells how firefighters help after crashes, and Text 2 tells how they check their gear, so that is the difference. The safety-tips choice is not in Text 1, the day-only choice is in neither text, and the last choice swaps the two texts.
- What is one way the texts are alike?
Answer: Both texts explain recycling and why it matters.
Both texts explain recycling and why it matters. Recycling happens at home and at school, it is not the same as throwing trash away, and old things go in recycling bins, not the trash.
- How are Text 1 and Text 2 different?
Answer: Text 1 explains why the Sun helps Earth, and Text 2 explains why we have day and night.
Text 1 explains why the Sun helps Earth, and Text 2 explains why we have day and night. The second choice swaps the texts, the third mixes up what each text covers, and only Text 1 mentions plants using sunlight.
- How are the two texts different?
Answer: Text 1 is about brushing at home, and Text 2 is about visiting the dentist.
Text 1 is about brushing at home, and Text 2 is about visiting the dentist. The second choice swaps the two texts, neither text says to brush only once a day, and the texts explain both topics, not just visiting.
- What does Text 2 say that Text 1 does not?
Answer: Animals use oak trees for food and homes.
Text 2 tells how animals use oak trees for food and homes, and Text 1 does not. Acorns and strong trunks come from Text 1, and growing in forests and parks is also Text 1's information.
- What do both Text 1 and Text 2 say about recycling?
Answer: Both texts say recycling helps the Earth and our town.
Both texts say recycling helps the Earth and our town. Both texts, not only one, mention paper and cans and bins, and recycling is not throwing everything away together.
- How are Text 1 and Text 2 different?
Answer: Text 1 tells what bats are; Text 2 tells how they find food.
Text 1 tells what bats are, and Text 2 tells how they find food, so that is the difference. Neither text is only about sleeping, bats are not birds, and the last choice swaps the two texts.
- What is the same important point in both texts?
Answer: Both texts tell about the jobs firefighters do.
Both texts tell about the jobs firefighters do. Neither text says they teach safety at every fire or never train, and they do not name every tool.
- What do both texts say about the heart?
Answer: Both say the heart pumps blood through your body.
Both texts say the heart pumps blood through your body. The heart works all the time, not only during exercise or running, and it keeps beating while you sleep.
- How are the two texts different?
Answer: Text 1 focuses on helping people; Text 2 focuses on tools and teamwork.
Text 1 focuses on helping people, and Text 2 focuses on tools and teamwork. The second choice swaps the two texts, firefighters do help, and the truck-and-gear choice does not tell the main difference.
- What important point is in both texts?
Answer: Both texts are about the sun.
Both texts are about the sun. The plant detail is only in Text 1, the day-and-night idea is only in Text 2, and the sun does not spin around Earth.
- What important point is in both texts?
Answer: Both say firefighters help keep people safe.
Both texts say firefighters help keep people safe. Firefighters do not work only during fires, the texts do not say alarms are checked every day, and firefighters do not teach math.
- How are Text 1 and Text 2 different?
Answer: Text 1 tells how bees help plants; Text 2 tells hive jobs.
Text 1 tells how bees help plants, and Text 2 tells about jobs in the hive. Bees live together, not alone, the third choice swaps the two texts, and the texts do mention honey, but neither one is only about making honey in the hive.
- How are Text 1 and Text 2 alike and different?
Answer: Both are about the heart, but Text 1 explains what blood carries, and Text 2 explains what happens when you exercise.
Both texts are about the heart: Text 1 explains what blood carries, and Text 2 explains the heart during exercise. The heart-rate choice is too small to be the main idea, the next swaps the texts, and the heart never rests completely.
- How are the two texts different?
Answer: Text 1 explains how rainbows form, and Text 2 describes their colors.
Text 1 explains how rainbows form, and Text 2 describes their colors, so that is the difference. The second choice swaps the texts, rainbows come after rain, and neither text says moonlight makes rainbows.
- What is different in the two texts?
Answer: Text 1 describes what is in a forest; Text 2 tells why forests matter.
Text 1 describes what a forest is, and Text 2 tells why forests matter, so that is the difference. Text 1, not Text 2, mentions animals, forests are not sand, and the last choice swaps the two texts.
- What is one difference between the two texts?
Answer: Text 1 explains how clouds form; Text 2 describes what they look like.
Text 1 explains how clouds form, and Text 2 describes what clouds look like. The night-and-noon choice is in neither text, the third swaps the two texts, and neither text explains rain falling.
- What important point is in both texts?
Answer: Both texts tell about the Statue of Liberty.
Both texts tell about the Statue of Liberty. The statue was a gift from France, not Mexico, the texts say people came by ship, and it was built long ago, not last year.
- Compare Text 1 and Text 2. What important point is the same in both texts?
Answer: Both texts say bees help flowers by moving pollen.
Both texts say bees help flowers by moving pollen. The queen is not the one who looks for food, honey is not made from tree pollen in these texts, and bees live together, not alone.
