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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.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
2.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Quietly
  • B.Loudly
  • C.With a laugh
3.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
4.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.When the play ends
  • B.How to say the line
  • C.Where to stand
5.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
6.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The words rhyme
  • B.The words are in brackets
  • C.The character's name is written before the words
7.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
  • A.He is falling asleep
  • B.He wants to trick the crow
  • C.He is scared of the crow
8.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Glad to have a visitor
  • B.Sleepy and calm
  • C.Angry that someone is on his bridge

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Shaky and scared
  2. 2.Quietly
  3. 3.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  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 wants to trick the crow
  8. 8.Angry that someone is on his bridge

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