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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: Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night.

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

Sort: Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night.

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

Sort: (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window.

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LessonPrint · RL.3.10 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — 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. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 6. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play
  2. 2.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 2. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 3. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 4. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 5. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem 6. The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night. — Poem
  3. 3.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 4. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem

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