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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.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
2.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.Sleepy and calm
  • C.Glad to have a visitor
3.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] What do the words in brackets show?
  • A.The name of the play
  • B.What the wolf shouts
  • C.What the wolf does, not what he says
4.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
5.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Loud and booming
  • B.Small and gentle
  • C.Big and angry
6.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
7.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 thinks the mouse is too small to help
  • C.He is afraid of the mouse
8.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
  • B.No, they tell the actors what to do
  • C.Yes, the loudest character reads them

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They are spoken by two different characters
  2. 2.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  3. 3.What the wolf does, not what he says
  4. 4.How to say the line
  5. 5.Small and gentle
  6. 6.The character's name is written before the words
  7. 7.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  8. 8.No, they tell the actors what to do

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