Reading a Play or Poem is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on telling a story, a play and a poem apart by how each is written, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.10. It prints 3 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 or Poem

RL.3.10

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark.

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2.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard.

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3.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: JON: That is worse., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 6. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play
2.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. JON: That is worse. — Play 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.