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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

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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.Shaky and scared
  • B.Proud and happy
  • C.Sleepy and slow
2.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words rhyme
  • B.The character's name is written before the words
  • C.The words are in brackets
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.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Sleepy and calm
  • B.Glad to have a visitor
  • C.Angry that someone is on his bridge
5.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
6.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The narrator
  • B.The wolf
  • C.The door
7.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Loudly
  • C.Quietly
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Shaky and scared
  2. 2.The character's name is written before the words
  3. 3.He wants to trick the crow
  4. 4.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  5. 5.What the wolf does, not what he says
  6. 6.The wolf
  7. 7.Quietly
  8. 8.So actors can see at once who speaks each line

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