Reading a Play Script is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on how a script shows who speaks and how each voice should sound, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.6. 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] What do the words in brackets show?
A.The name of the play
B.What the wolf does, not what he says
C.What the wolf shouts
2.WOLF: Let me in! [He knocks on the door.] Who is speaking?
A.The wolf
B.The narrator
C.The door
3.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
A.In a sad, quiet voice
B.In a loud, deep, booming voice
C.In a tiny whisper
4.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
A.He is scared of the crow
B.He is falling asleep
C.He wants to trick the crow
5.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
A.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
B.No, they tell the actors what to do
C.Yes, the loudest character reads them
6.GOAT: It is only me, the smallest goat. [in a tiny voice] How should the goat sound?
A.Big and angry
B.Loud and booming
C.Small and gentle
7.CROW: [proudly] I have the finest voice in the wood! What does "proudly" tell the actor?
A.Where to stand
B.How to say the line
C.When the play ends
8.TROLL: Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge? [He growls.] How does the troll feel?
A.Glad to have a visitor
B.Angry that someone is on his bridge
C.Sleepy and calm
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Answer key — Reading a Play Script
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.What the wolf does, not what he says
2.The wolf
3.In a loud, deep, booming voice
4.He wants to trick the crow
5.No, they tell the actors what to do
6.Small and gentle
7.How to say the line
8.Angry that someone is on his bridge
Questions about Reading a Play Script
What does the Reading a Play Script worksheet cover?
It practices how a script shows who speaks and how each voice should sound — 8 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core RL.2.6: Read dialogue in different voices, because the characters see things differently. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Reading a Play Script practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6 — RL.2.6, under Reading: Literature for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Reading a Play Script is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on RL.2.6, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Reading a Play Script come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Reading a Play Script can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Reading a Play Script free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Reading a Play Script, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.2.6
Read dialogue in different voices, because the characters see things differently.