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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.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
2.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The narrator
  • B.The door
  • C.The wolf
3.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The character's name is written before the words
  • B.The words rhyme
  • C.The words are in brackets
4.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.They are the same character
  • B.One of them is the title
  • C.They are spoken by two different characters
5.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Loudly
  • C.Quietly
6.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Shaky and scared
  • B.Sleepy and slow
  • C.Proud and happy
7.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 loud, deep, booming voice
  • C.In a tiny whisper
8.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  • B.Because plays have no characters
  • C.To make the play rhyme

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

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  1. 1.Small and gentle
  2. 2.The wolf
  3. 3.The character's name is written before the words
  4. 4.They are spoken by two different characters
  5. 5.Quietly
  6. 6.Shaky and scared
  7. 7.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  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.