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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

Circle the right answer.

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.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
3.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Glad to have a visitor
  • B.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  • C.Sleepy and calm
4.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  • B.He is afraid of the mouse
  • C.He thinks the mouse is very strong
5.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
6.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
7.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words are in brackets
  • B.The words rhyme
  • C.The character's name is written before the words
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

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  1. 1.Shaky and scared
  2. 2.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  3. 3.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  4. 4.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  5. 5.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  6. 6.How to say the line
  7. 7.The character's name is written before the words
  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.