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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: JON: That is worse., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know.

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

Sort: Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night.

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

Sort: Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?"

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — 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. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem
  2. 2.1. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 2. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 3. Halim was two stops past the school before he looked up. — Story 4. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem
  3. 3.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 6. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem

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