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Combining information from two texts

Langue et littérature · Compréhension de lecture · de 9 à 10 ans

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Text A: Sunflowers turn their young heads to follow the sun across the sky. Text B: Sunflowers can grow taller than a grown-up. Their seeds are food for birds. Which fact comes from Text B only?
- Young sunflower heads follow the sun
- Sunflowers are yellow
- Sunflower seeds are food for birds
Text A: Camels store fat in their humps. They can go many days without drinking. Text B: A camel's hump is full of fat, not water. Camels have long eyelashes that keep sand out of their eyes. Which fact do both texts give you?
- Camels have long eyelashes
- Camels store fat in their humps
- Camels can go days without drinking
Text A about penguins says they cannot fly. Text B about penguins also says they cannot fly. This fact is...
- shared by both texts
- found only in Text A
- found only in Text B
Text A says whales are mammals, but Text B never mentions this. This fact is unique to Text A.
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Imagine these garden notes. Text A: Ladybugs ate aphids and mites. Text B: Aphids and beetles damaged the roses. Which pest was both eaten by ladybugs and recorded damaging roses?
- Mites
- Aphids
- Beetles
Two texts describe the same park today. Text A says the oak is taller than every other tree. Text B says the pine is taller than every other tree. Their claims conflict.
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Two texts written today describe the same bridge's first construction. Text A says it was built 200 years ago. Text B says it was built 300 years ago. What should you notice?
- They give conflicting construction dates
- They agree on when the bridge was built
- They describe different bridges in different towns
Text A gives 5 facts about owls. Text B gives 4 facts about owls, and 2 of them are also in Text A. How many different facts do the two texts give you altogether?
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Text A: Blue whales come to the sea's surface to breathe air. Text B: Blue whales eat tiny sea animals called krill. Which question do these texts leave unanswered?
- What blue whales eat
- Where blue whales go to breathe
- How long blue whales live
Text A: A group of monarch butterflies flies south in autumn to its winter home. Text B: This group's winter home is in Mexico's fir forests. Using both texts, where does this group go in autumn?
- South to its winter home in Canada
- South to its winter home in Mexico
- North to its winter home in Mexico

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Sunflower seeds are food for birds · Only Text B mentions the seeds. Following the sun belongs to Text A, and neither text says anything about the color yellow.
Camels store fat in their humps · Text A says camels store fat in their humps, and Text B says the hump is full of fat. That is the one fact that shows up twice.
shared by both texts · Both texts state that penguins cannot fly, so the fact is shared by these texts.
Vrai · Since only Text A gives this fact, it is unique to that text.
Aphids · Text A records aphids being eaten. Text B records aphids damaging roses. The notes record mites only as eaten and beetles only as damaging roses.
Vrai · The oak cannot be taller than the pine while the pine is taller than the oak at the same time.
They give conflicting construction dates · The texts describe the same construction event from the same reference date but give different ages.
7 · Text A's 5 facts all count. Text B brings only 2 facts that Text A did not already have, so 5 plus 2 makes 7 different facts.
How long blue whales live · Text A answers the breathing-location question and Text B answers the food question. Neither gives a lifespan.
South to its winter home in Mexico · Text A supplies the direction of the flight. Text B locates the same group's winter home in Mexico.