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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.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Glad to have a visitor
  • B.Sleepy and calm
  • C.Angry that someone is on his bridge
2.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.The name of the play
  • C.What the wolf shouts
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 wants to trick the crow
  • C.He is falling asleep
4.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is very strong
  • B.He is afraid of the mouse
  • C.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
5.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
6.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
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.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a sad, quiet voice
  • B.In a tiny whisper
  • C.In a loud, deep, booming voice

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

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  1. 1.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  2. 2.What the wolf does, not what he says
  3. 3.He wants to trick the crow
  4. 4.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  5. 5.No, they tell the actors what to do
  6. 6.Small and gentle
  7. 7.They are spoken by two different characters
  8. 8.In a loud, deep, booming voice

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