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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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Circle the right answer.

1.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
2.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
3.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.Because plays have no characters
  • B.To make the play rhyme
  • C.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
4.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The door
  • B.The wolf
  • C.The narrator
5.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Proud and happy
  • B.Shaky and scared
  • C.Sleepy and slow
6.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
7.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.They are spoken by two different characters
  • B.They are the same character
  • C.One of them is the title
8.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
  • A.He is scared of the crow
  • B.He is falling asleep
  • C.He wants to trick the crow

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.No, they tell the actors what to do
  2. 2.What the wolf does, not what he says
  3. 3.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  4. 4.The wolf
  5. 5.Shaky and scared
  6. 6.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  7. 7.They are spoken by two different characters
  8. 8.He wants to trick the crow

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