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: GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., JON: That is worse., Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge.

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

Sort: The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., 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: My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 4. JON: That is worse. — Play 5. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
2.1. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 2. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 3. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — 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
3.1. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 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. 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.