1) 1) What is a playscript? a) It is a writing which gives us information about a character. b) It is a writing about the things you like and dislike. c) It is a writing of a play which actors use to perform. 2) 2) Which one of these is a play script? Discuss with your partner. a) b) c) d) 3) 3) What is this punctuation called? (:) a) Exclamation mark b) Full stop c) Semicolon d) Colon e) Question mark f) Apostrophe 4) 4) When do we use a colon in a playscript? a) To show what someone is doing. b) To show when a character is speaking. c) To finish a sentence. d) Right after someone finishes speaking. 5) 5) What do we write in brackets? a) Who is speaking. b) Stage directions. c) Why they are speaking. d) Who they are speaking to. 6) 6) Which one is written correctly? Discuss with your partner. a) Frank; I am starving! b) Frank said "I am starving!" c) Frank is starving. d) Frank was starving e) Frank: I am starving! f) Frank: "I am starving!" 7) 7) Which one is written incorrectly? Explain why. a) Lisa: I'm not quite sure. b) I said I don't want to go Frank. c) Detective Shadow: (thoughtfully) This looks like the right way. d) Frank: I think we should rest. 8) 8) Tick the answer which has been written correctly. a) Lisa: (sighing) I think we're lost. b) Frank: (I think we might be lost). c) Detective Shadow: (Thinking to himself) Maybe I should tell my friends that we are lost. 9) 9) Tick all of the answers which have no mistakes. a) Detective Shadow: (excitedly) There's the wisest person in Colombia! b) Frank: (whilst looking around) I can't see. c) Lisa: I can see too! d) Frank; I still can't see. e) Detective Shadow: "Right there!" f) Frank: (joyfully) Oh, now I see! 10) 10) What are the features of a play script? Tick all of the correct answers. a) Starts with characters who are speaking. b) Has a colon (:) after the name. c) Has capital letters and full stops for spoken sentences. d) Has only what has been spoken written down. e) Has stage directions in brackets. f) Does not have inverted commas.

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