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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.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
2.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The narrator
  • B.The door
  • C.The wolf
3.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The character's name is written before the words
  • B.The words are in brackets
  • C.The words rhyme
4.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.Because plays have no characters
  • B.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  • C.To make the play rhyme
5.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  • B.Glad to have a visitor
  • C.Sleepy and calm
6.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
7.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Proud and happy
  • B.Sleepy and slow
  • C.Shaky and scared
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  2. 2.The wolf
  3. 3.The character's name is written before the words
  4. 4.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  5. 5.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  6. 6.How to say the line
  7. 7.Shaky and scared
  8. 8.They are spoken by two different characters

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