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: "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too.

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

Sort: GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows.

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

Sort: Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.)

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 3. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 4. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — 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
2.1. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 2. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 5. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem
3.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 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. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 6. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem

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