Story Title Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 20: Choosing a story title · Set 637 · 40 questions

Writer's tip (Point to the problem): Find the main problem or idea of the story. Choose the short title that points to it. Reject titles about another story, and long dull ones like “A Story That I Wrote One Day”.

1. 1.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
   “Wind blows away the rangoli powder” (a) The Windy Rangoli (b) The Ball in the Pond (c) The Slipped Chain
2. 2.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
   “A puppy cannot find its owner” (a) The Spelling Bee (b) Whose Puppy? (c) The Kite in the Neem Tree
3. 3.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   On Craft Day, Rahul was painting a poster in the art room. He bumped a jar, and blue paint spilled everywhere. Rahul was upset, but his friend Simran had an idea. They turned the big blue splash into a lake. Rahul’s poster with the lake won first prize. (a) The Mixed-up Shoes (b) The Blue Lake (c) The Butterfly at the Window
4. 4.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Spelling Bee (b) Untitled Story Number One (c) What Happened Next and Then After
5. 5.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) Some Things That Happened (b) The Lost Earring (c) A Day When Something Happened
6. 6.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
   “The lights go out and her little brother cries” (a) Every Drop Counts (b) The Runaway Goat (c) Shadows in the Dark
7. 7.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   One Monday morning, Aryan sat down in his classroom. He found that he had left his homework at home. Aryan told Ms Gill the truth before she even asked. Ms Gill let him bring it the next day. Aryan made a checklist so he would never forget again. (a) The Forgotten Homework (b) The Sandcastle (c) The Cookie Stall
8. 8.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   On competition day, Nisha stood on stage in the town hall. Her mind went blank on the word “necessary”. Nisha recalled the rhyme Mrs Sen had taught her. She spelt it slowly, letter by letter, and got it right. Nisha won the silver cup and thanked Mrs Sen. (a) The Ball in the Pond (b) The Butterfly at the Window (c) The Spelling Bee
9. 9.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   One bright morning, Anjali went boating on the backwaters. Water began to seep in through a crack in the boat. Anjali pressed her rubber slipper hard over the crack. Appa rowed fast to the shore while she held it there. Back on land, Anjali and Appa laughed with relief. (a) The Cookie Stall (b) The Fallen Sparrow (c) The Leaky Boat
10. 10.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A bean seed does not sprout” (a) The Seed That Would Not Grow (b) The Broken Swing (c) The Shy Singer
11. 11.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    On a hot summer night, Sneha read in her flat in Pune. Suddenly the lights went out, and her little brother cried. Sneha found a torch and made shadow animals on the wall. Her brother Arjun giggled at a shadow rabbit. Sneha told stories until the lights came back on. (a) The Broken Swing (b) Shadows in the Dark (c) The Slipped Chain
12. 12.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) What Happened Next and Then After (b) A Story That I Wrote One Day (c) A Friend at Lunch
13. 13.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    On a busy Monday, Meera rode the school bus to class. At lunch, Meera saw that her tiffin box was missing. Meera and her friend Tenzin searched seat by seat. The red box was hiding under the very last seat. Meera shared her parathas with Tenzin to say thank you. (a) The Birthday Cake Mix-up (b) The Sandcastle (c) The Missing Tiffin
14. 14.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A butterfly is trapped at a window” (a) A Friend at Lunch (b) The Butterfly at the Window (c) The Sandcastle
15. 15.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “The wrong name is written on a cake” (a) The Birthday Cake Mix-up (b) The Ball in the Pond (c) The Seed That Would Not Grow
16. 16.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A kitten is stuck behind a water tank” (a) The Fallen Sparrow (b) The Kitten on the Roof (c) The Windy Rangoli
17. 17.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Grandpa cannot find his reading glasses” (a) The Ball in the Pond (b) Grandpa’s Glasses (c) The Windy Rangoli
18. 18.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One breezy evening, Tanmay played marbles in the back yard. His lucky blue marble rolled into a deep drain. Tanmay could not reach it with his arm or a stick. His sister Gita stuck clay on a stick and lifted it out. Tanmay thanked Gita and kept his marble safe. (a) The Lucky Marble (b) The Lost Yak (c) The Dry Well
19. 19.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A snake is curled up in a shed” (a) The Blue Lake (b) The Snake in the Shed (c) Shadows in the Dark
20. 20.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) What Happened Next and Then After (b) The Story About the Thing (c) The Runaway Goat
21. 21.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) A Day When Something Happened (b) The Snake in the Shed (c) Untitled Story Number One
22. 22.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One spring morning, Tara potted a bean in the school garden. Two weeks later, nothing had come up at all. Tara asked Mr Nair, the gardener, what was wrong. He helped her move the pot into the sunshine. Soon a green shoot peeped out, and Tara danced. (a) The Lost Earring (b) The Seed That Would Not Grow (c) The Broken Swing
23. 23.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Her model volcano will not fizz” (a) The Volcano That Would Not Fizz (b) The Spelling Bee (c) The Shy Singer
24. 24.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) A Day When Something Happened (b) The Forgotten Homework (c) A Story That I Wrote One Day
25. 25.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A tiffin box goes missing at lunch time” (a) A Friend at Lunch (b) The Runaway Goat (c) The Missing Tiffin
26. 26.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One rainy morning, Ayaan walked down the muddy lane. A passing scooter sprayed mud all over his white uniform. Ayaan ran home and told Maa what had happened. Maa quickly gave him a clean spare uniform. Ayaan reached school just as the bell rang. (a) The Spelling Bee (b) The Muddy Uniform (c) The Late Train
27. 27.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A puppy is shivering in the cold rain” (a) A Puppy in the Storm (b) The Runaway Goat (c) The Lost Yak
28. 28.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A puppy has torn a page of a library book” (a) The Cookie Stall (b) The Blue Lake (c) The Torn Page
29. 29.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A boy gets lost in a big crowd” (a) The Lucky Marble (b) Lost at the Fair (c) The Silent Microphone
30. 30.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Mangoes keep vanishing from the trees” (a) The Fallen Sparrow (b) Lost at the Fair (c) The Mango Mystery
31. 31.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Fallen Sparrow (b) A Long Story About a Lot of Stuff (c) What Happened Next and Then After
32. 32.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Story About the Thing (b) The Silent Microphone (c) Untitled Story Number One
33. 33.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) A Story That I Wrote One Day (b) The Kitten on the Roof (c) This Is My Story
34. 34.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A hard word makes her mind go blank” (a) The Lucky Marble (b) The Leaky Boat (c) The Spelling Bee
35. 35.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Ball in the Pond (b) What Happened Next and Then After (c) Some Things That Happened
36. 36.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A marble rolls into a deep drain” (a) The Slipped Chain (b) The Silent Microphone (c) The Lucky Marble
37. 37.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Mud splashes all over a white uniform” (a) The Muddy Uniform (b) The Kitten on the Roof (c) The Slipped Chain
38. 38.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) A Long Story About a Lot of Stuff (b) The Story About the Thing (c) Whose Puppy?
39. 39.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    In the dry season, Lakshmi walked to the village square. The old well had dried up, and people had no water. Lakshmi asked everyone to dig a pond to catch the rain. Raju and the others dug every evening for a month. When the rains came, Lakshmi’s pond filled to the brim. (a) The Seed That Would Not Grow (b) The Flat Tyre (c) The Dry Well
40. 40.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    Early one Saturday, Ishaan ran to the colony park. The seat of the old swing had cracked in two. Ishaan asked the other children to help him mend it. Mrs Rao gave them a strong plank and some rope. By noon, Ishaan was swinging high on the new seat. (a) The Broken Swing (b) The Volcano That Would Not Fizz (c) The Slipped Chain

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