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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.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
2.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
3.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The door
  • B.The wolf
  • C.The narrator
4.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Small and gentle
  • B.Loud and booming
  • C.Big and angry
5.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.One of them is the title
  • C.They are the same character
6.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  • B.He is afraid of the mouse
  • C.He thinks the mouse is very strong
7.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.Yes, the loudest character reads them
  • B.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
  • C.No, they tell the actors what to do
8.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Quietly
  • C.Loudly

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Shaky and scared
  2. 2.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  3. 3.The wolf
  4. 4.Small and gentle
  5. 5.They are spoken by two different characters
  6. 6.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  7. 7.No, they tell the actors what to do
  8. 8.Quietly

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