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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

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: Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws.

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

Sort: SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,

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

Sort: (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), JON: That is worse., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., 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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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 2. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 4. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 5. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
2.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 3. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 4. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. JON: That is worse. — Play 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem

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