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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

NameDate

Circle the right answer.

1.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Sleepy and calm
  • B.Glad to have a visitor
  • C.Angry that someone is on his bridge
2.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.No, they tell the actors what to do
  • B.Yes, the loudest character reads them
  • C.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
3.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.How to say the line
  • B.Where to stand
  • C.When the play ends
4.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.To make the play rhyme
  • B.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  • C.Because plays have no characters
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.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Loud and booming
  • B.Big and angry
  • C.Small and gentle
7.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Sleepy and slow
  • B.Shaky and scared
  • C.Proud and happy
8.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] What do the words in brackets show?
  • A.What the wolf does, not what he says
  • B.What the wolf shouts
  • C.The name of the play

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  2. 2.No, they tell the actors what to do
  3. 3.How to say the line
  4. 4.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  5. 5.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  6. 6.Small and gentle
  7. 7.Shaky and scared
  8. 8.What the wolf does, not what he says

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