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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.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
  • A.The wolf
  • B.The narrator
  • C.The door
2.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] What do the words in brackets show?
  • A.What the wolf does, not what he says
  • B.The name of the play
  • C.What the wolf shouts
3.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
  • A.Where to stand
  • B.When the play ends
  • C.How to say the line
4.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.Yes, the loudest character reads them
  • B.No, they tell the actors what to do
  • C.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
5.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.Loudly
  • B.With a laugh
  • C.Quietly
6.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  • B.He thinks the mouse is very strong
  • C.He is afraid of the mouse
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The wolf
  2. 2.What the wolf does, not what he says
  3. 3.How to say the line
  4. 4.No, they tell the actors what to do
  5. 5.Quietly
  6. 6.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  7. 7.The character's name is written before the words
  8. 8.Shaky and scared

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