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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.TEACHER: Who can tell me the answer? (Every hand goes up except Ben's.) BEN: (sliding down in his chair) Please do not pick me. — Why does Ben slide down in his chair?
  • A.He is cold
  • B.He does not want to be picked to answer
  • C.He knows the answer and wants to say it
2.In a play script, what do stage directions such as (yawning) show?
  • A.The words a character shouts
  • B.The title of the play
  • C.Actions and feelings that are not spoken aloud
3.(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 tent in a field on a rainy night
  • B.The scene is a sunny beach
  • C.Ella is warm and dry
4.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
5.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 furious
  • B.She finds it funny
  • C.She is frightened
6.(A busy market. Stalls line the street.) SELLER: Fresh apples! Two for a coin! GIRL: I will take four, please. — Where does this scene take place?
  • A.At a busy market
  • B.In a school
  • C.On a boat
7.SAM: (whispering) Is anyone there? (A door creaks open.) SAM: (stepping back) Hello? — What do the stage directions show about Sam?
  • A.He is nervous and steps back from the door
  • B.He is laughing at a joke
  • C.He is fast asleep
8.OWL: Who is making that noise? MOUSE: (freezing still) Not me! OWL: (turning its head slowly) I can hear you. — Why does the mouse freeze still?
  • A.It hopes the owl will not find it
  • B.It has fallen asleep
  • C.It wants to play with the owl

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Answer key — What the Script Tells You

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.He does not want to be picked to answer
  2. 2.Actions and feelings that are not spoken aloud
  3. 3.The scene is a tent in a field on a rainy night
  4. 4.A present
  5. 5.She finds it funny
  6. 6.At a busy market
  7. 7.He is nervous and steps back from the door
  8. 8.It hopes the owl will not find it

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