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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.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
  • A.Big and angry
  • B.Loud and booming
  • C.Small and gentle
2.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The wolf
  • B.The door
  • C.The narrator
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 are in brackets
  • C.The words rhyme
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.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
6.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
7.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
8.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.When the play ends
  • B.Where to stand
  • C.How to say the line

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  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.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  6. 6.What the wolf does, not what he says
  7. 7.No, they tell the actors what to do
  8. 8.How to say the line

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