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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: Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter., Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge., MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.), Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", ACT ONE. A busy railway platform.

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

Sort: CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard., JON: That is worse., Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark., Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map.

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

Sort: By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back., Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows., (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.), (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.)

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. Over the hill and under the bridge, / the red train runs along the ridge. — Poem 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
  2. 2.1. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 2. CAST: Priya, a museum cleaner. Jon, a guard. — Play 3. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 4. JON: That is worse. — Play 5. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem
  3. 3.1. (Lights fade. A bell rings three times.) — Play 2. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 3. By the time the light swung out, three ships had turned back. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 6. Slow, slow, the river goes, / past the reeds where nobody knows. — Poem

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