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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.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words are in brackets
  • B.The character's name is written before the words
  • C.The words rhyme
2.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Quietly
  • C.Loudly
3.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
  • B.Yes, the loudest character reads them
  • C.No, they tell the actors what to do
4.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
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.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
7.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Sleepy and slow
  • B.Shaky and scared
  • C.Proud and happy
8.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Loud and booming
  • B.Big and angry
  • C.Small and gentle

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

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  1. 1.The character's name is written before the words
  2. 2.Quietly
  3. 3.No, they tell the actors what to do
  4. 4.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  5. 5.What the wolf does, not what he says
  6. 6.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  7. 7.Shaky and scared
  8. 8.Small and gentle

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