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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.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
2.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Small and gentle
  • B.Big and angry
  • C.Loud and booming
3.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Shaky and scared
  • B.Sleepy and slow
  • C.Proud and happy
4.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Sleepy and calm
  • B.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  • C.Glad to have a visitor
5.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words rhyme
  • B.The words are in brackets
  • C.The character's name is written before the words
6.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Loudly
  • B.With a laugh
  • C.Quietly
7.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 sad, quiet voice
  • C.In a tiny whisper
8.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The door
  • B.The wolf
  • C.The narrator

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.What the wolf does, not what he says
  2. 2.Small and gentle
  3. 3.Shaky and scared
  4. 4.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  5. 5.The character's name is written before the words
  6. 6.Quietly
  7. 7.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  8. 8.The wolf

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