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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.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
2.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
3.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Quietly
  • B.Loudly
  • C.With a laugh
4.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words are in brackets
  • B.The words rhyme
  • C.The character's name is written before the words
5.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  • B.In a tiny whisper
  • C.In a sad, quiet voice
6.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.Where to stand
  • B.How to say the line
  • C.When the play ends
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  2. 2.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  3. 3.Quietly
  4. 4.The character's name is written before the words
  5. 5.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  6. 6.How to say the line
  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.