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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.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.They are spoken by two different characters
  • B.One of them is the title
  • C.They are the same character
2.Why is a play written with names before the lines instead of "said"?
  • A.To make the play rhyme
  • B.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  • C.Because plays have no characters
3.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Loudly
  • B.With a laugh
  • C.Quietly
4.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
5.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
  • A.Sleepy and calm
  • B.Glad to have a visitor
  • C.Angry that someone is on his bridge
6.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a tiny whisper
  • B.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  • C.In a sad, quiet voice
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They are spoken by two different characters
  2. 2.So actors can see at once who speaks each line
  3. 3.Quietly
  4. 4.No, they tell the actors what to do
  5. 5.Angry that someone is on his bridge
  6. 6.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  7. 7.Shaky and scared
  8. 8.He wants to trick the crow

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