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What the Script Tells You is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on reading character and plot from dialogue and stage directions, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.5. It prints 8 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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What the Script Tells You

RL.3.5

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Read each script, then circle the right answer.

1.ANA: (holding up a muddy shoe) Look what the puppy did! GRANDMA: (trying not to laugh) Oh dear. Puppies love shoes. — How does Grandma really feel?
  • A.She is frightened
  • B.She finds it funny
  • C.She is furious
2.HARE: (yawning) I have plenty of time. I will rest under this tree. TORTOISE: (plodding on) Slow and steady. — What will probably happen next?
  • A.The hare will win easily
  • B.The tortoise will get ahead while the hare rests
  • C.The tortoise will stop to rest
3.In a play script, what do stage directions such as (yawning) show?
  • A.The title of the play
  • B.Actions and feelings that are not spoken aloud
  • C.The words a character shouts
4.(Night. A tent in a field. Rain drums on the roof.) DAD: Is your sleeping bag dry? ELLA: (shivering) Not really. — What does the first stage direction tell you?
  • A.The scene is a sunny beach
  • B.The scene is a tent in a field on a rainy night
  • C.Ella is warm and dry
5.GOAT: Help me out of this well! FOX: (from the top) I will, if you give me your lunch. GOAT: (sighing) Very well. — Why does the goat agree?
  • A.He wants to stay in the well
  • B.He is not hungry
  • C.He needs the fox to help him out of the well
6.MIA: You borrowed my pen and lost it! LEO: (looking at the floor) I am sorry. I will buy you a new one. — How does Leo feel?
  • A.Sorry and ashamed
  • B.Excited
  • C.Proud
7.LILY: (hiding a present behind her back) Close your eyes, Grandpa! GRANDPA: (smiling) Is it my birthday already? — What is Lily hiding?
  • A.A present
  • B.Her homework
  • C.A spider
8.MAYA: (stamping her foot) It is not fair! DAD: (quietly) We can talk about it after dinner. — How is Maya feeling?
  • A.Proud
  • B.Angry
  • C.Sleepy

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Answer key — What the Script Tells You

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.She finds it funny
  2. 2.The tortoise will get ahead while the hare rests
  3. 3.Actions and feelings that are not spoken aloud
  4. 4.The scene is a tent in a field on a rainy night
  5. 5.He needs the fox to help him out of the well
  6. 6.Sorry and ashamed
  7. 7.A present
  8. 8.Angry

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.