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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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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.Sleepy and slow
  • B.Proud and happy
  • C.Shaky and scared
2.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
3.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The door
  • B.The narrator
  • C.The wolf
4.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Quietly
  • B.Loudly
  • C.With a laugh
5.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  • B.In a sad, quiet voice
  • C.In a tiny whisper
6.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is very strong
  • B.He is afraid of the mouse
  • C.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
7.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
  • A.He is scared of the crow
  • B.He wants to trick the crow
  • C.He is falling asleep
8.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] What do the words in brackets show?
  • A.What the wolf shouts
  • B.The name of the play
  • C.What the wolf does, not what he says

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Shaky and scared
  2. 2.How to say the line
  3. 3.The wolf
  4. 4.Quietly
  5. 5.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  6. 6.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  7. 7.He wants to trick the crow
  8. 8.What the wolf does, not what he says

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