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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: By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., 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: (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?"

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

Sort: MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 3. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 4. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 5. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 6. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem
  2. 2.1. "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. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem
  3. 3.1. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 2. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — 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.