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: PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., The moon is a coin / in the pocket of night., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map.

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

Sort: JON: That is worse., 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., Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,

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

Sort: Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform.

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — 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
2.1. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 2. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 3. JON: That is worse. — Play 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Once upon a time, a miller lived beside a fast river. — Story 6. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem
3.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 3. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 4. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 5. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem

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