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Reading a Play Script is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on how a script shows who speaks and how each voice should sound, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.6. 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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Reading a Play Script

RL.2.6

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1.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
  • A.He wants to trick the crow
  • B.He is falling asleep
  • C.He is scared of the crow
2.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.One of them is the title
  • B.They are spoken by two different characters
  • C.They are the same character
3.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  • B.To make the play rhyme
  • C.Because plays have no characters
4.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Glad to have a visitor
  • B.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  • C.Sleepy and calm
5.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He is afraid of the mouse
  • B.He thinks the mouse is very strong
  • C.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
6.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Sleepy and slow
  • B.Proud and happy
  • C.Shaky and scared
7.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The narrator
  • B.The wolf
  • C.The door
8.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a sad, quiet voice
  • B.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  • C.In a tiny whisper

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.He wants to trick the crow
  2. 2.They are spoken by two different characters
  3. 3.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  4. 4.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  5. 5.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  6. 6.Shaky and scared
  7. 7.The wolf
  8. 8.In a loud, deep, booming voice

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.