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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.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Loudly
  • C.Quietly
2.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.Because plays have no characters
  • C.To make the play rhyme
3.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
4.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
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 too small to help
  • C.He thinks the mouse is very strong
6.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words rhyme
  • B.The character's name is written before the words
  • C.The words are in brackets
7.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.They are the same character
  • B.One of them is the title
  • C.They are spoken by two different characters
8.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.How to say the line
  • B.When the play ends
  • C.Where to stand

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Quietly
  2. 2.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  3. 3.He wants to trick the crow
  4. 4.What the wolf does, not what he says
  5. 5.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  6. 6.The character's name is written before the words
  7. 7.They are spoken by two different characters
  8. 8.How to say the line

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