Story Title Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 20: Choosing a story title · Set 932 · 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?
   “A tap keeps dripping and wasting water” (a) The Snake in the Shed (b) The Forgotten Homework (c) Every Drop Counts
2. 2.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   One Sunday evening, Sahil took the lift in a tall building. The lift jerked and stopped between two floors. Sahil stayed calm and pressed the red alarm button. Mrs Bose, the guard, called the lift mechanic at once. Soon the doors opened, and Sahil stepped out safely. (a) Stuck in the Lift (b) A Friend at Lunch (c) The Flat Tyre
3. 3.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) A Day When Something Happened (b) The Story About the Thing (c) The Lost Earring
4. 4.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
   “The cricket ball splashes into a pond” (a) The Broken Swing (b) The Ball in the Pond (c) The Silent Microphone
5. 5.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   One summer holiday, Priya stayed at Nani’s orchard. Every morning, ripe mangoes were missing from the trees. Priya hid behind a bush and saw a monkey, Bholu, take one. She left bananas for Bholu, and he left the mangoes alone. Priya and Nani laughed at the clever plan. (a) The Silent Microphone (b) The Shy Singer (c) The Mango Mystery
6. 6.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   One foggy morning, Fatima waited at the railway station. Her train was three hours late. Fatima opened her bag and found a book of puzzles. She and an old man, Mr Iyer, solved puzzles together. The train came, and Fatima had made a new friend. (a) The Ball in the Pond (b) The Late Train (c) A Friend at Lunch
7. 7.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) Every Drop Counts (b) A Story That I Wrote One Day (c) A Day When Something Happened
8. 8.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) This Is My Story (b) Whose Puppy? (c) The Story About the Thing
9. 9.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
   On a Wednesday evening, Meher went to the music school. She was too shy to sing in front of the others. Meher closed her eyes and pictured singing at home. Mr Bose, the teacher, asked everyone to sing with her. Meher sang the whole song and felt brave. (a) The Shy Singer (b) The Fallen Sparrow (c) The Lost Yak
10. 10.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A baby yak wanders away from the herd” (a) The Lost Yak (b) The Flat Tyre (c) The Sandcastle
11. 11.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    On Annual Day, Kavya waited to sing in the school hall. Just before her turn, the microphone stopped working. Kavya took a deep breath and stepped onto the stage. She sang so loudly that everyone could hear her. Imran and the whole hall clapped for Kavya. (a) The Silent Microphone (b) Shadows in the Dark (c) Grandpa’s Glasses
12. 12.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A butterfly is trapped at a window” (a) The Silent Microphone (b) The Muddy Uniform (c) The Butterfly at the Window
13. 13.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Mangoes keep vanishing from the trees” (a) The Mango Mystery (b) The Spelling Bee (c) The Runaway Goat
14. 14.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    On a festive night, Zoya danced in the wedding hall. Aunt Lata cried out that she had lost a gold earring. Zoya looked carefully under every chair and table. The earring was shining beside the flower stand. Zoya gave it back, and Aunt Lata thanked her warmly. (a) Grandpa’s Glasses (b) The Lost Earring (c) The Flat Tyre
15. 15.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A car tyre goes flat on a long trip” (a) The Runaway Goat (b) The Torn Page (c) The Flat Tyre
16. 16.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Mixed-up Shoes (b) Untitled Story Number One (c) A Story That I Wrote One Day
17. 17.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A lift stops between two floors” (a) Stuck in the Lift (b) Grandpa’s Glasses (c) The Leaky Boat
18. 18.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A boat starts to leak” (a) The Late Train (b) The Dry Well (c) The Leaky Boat
19. 19.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Grandpa cannot find his reading glasses” (a) The Forgotten Homework (b) The Lost Earring (c) Grandpa’s Glasses
20. 20.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A hard word makes her mind go blank” (a) The Spelling Bee (b) The Silent Microphone (c) Stuck in the Lift
21. 21.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Nobody buys anything from the stall” (a) The Dry Well (b) Grandpa’s Glasses (c) The Cookie Stall
22. 22.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A bean seed does not sprout” (a) The Torn Page (b) The Snake in the Shed (c) The Seed That Would Not Grow
23. 23.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “A puppy has torn a page of a library book” (a) The Runaway Goat (b) The Torn Page (c) The Leaky Boat
24. 24.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One sunny morning, Rohan cycled up the hill road. Halfway up, the chain of his bicycle slipped off. Rohan sat down and studied the chain slowly. Mr Das, a kind farmer, showed him how to fix it. Rohan rode on, proud that he could fix a chain now. (a) Lost at the Fair (b) The Slipped Chain (c) The Fallen Sparrow
25. 25.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    On the first day of school, Isha walked into a new school. She knew nobody and sat all alone at lunch. Then Isha saw another girl sitting alone too. Isha smiled and asked Maria to share her lunch. By evening, Isha and Maria were best friends. (a) A Friend at Lunch (b) The Broken Swing (c) The Flat Tyre
26. 26.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “She is too shy to sing in front of others” (a) The Late Train (b) The Shy Singer (c) A Puppy in the Storm
27. 27.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) Whose Puppy? (b) The Snake in the Shed (c) The Missing Tiffin
28. 28.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Muddy Uniform (b) Untitled Story Number One (c) A Day When Something Happened
29. 29.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Waves keep washing the sandcastle away” (a) The Torn Page (b) Grandpa’s Glasses (c) The Sandcastle
30. 30.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) Untitled Story Number One (b) A Day When Something Happened (c) The Sandcastle
31. 31.A good title is short and makes you want to read. Which is the best title? (a) The Story About the Thing (b) A Day When Something Happened (c) The Ball in the Pond
32. 32.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 Sandcastle (b) Shadows in the Dark (c) Whose Puppy?
33. 33.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One misty dawn, Tenzin woke up in his hill village. A baby yak had wandered away from the herd. Tenzin followed its hoofprints down the muddy path. He found it by a stream and gently led it back. His sister Pema gave Tenzin the first cup of butter tea. (a) The Lost Yak (b) The Shy Singer (c) The Runaway Goat
34. 34.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) A Day When Something Happened (c) The Blue Lake
35. 35.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 Missing Tiffin (b) The Torn Page (c) The Lucky Marble
36. 36.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    During the Christmas holidays, Maria went to the beach. Each time she built a castle, the waves washed it away. Maria thought hard and moved further up the sand. Her friend Kunal dug a moat to keep the water out. This time Maria’s castle stood tall until sunset. (a) The Snake in the Shed (b) The Sandcastle (c) The Ball in the Pond
37. 37.Read the story. Which is the best title for it?
    One busy morning, Manav walked to the vegetable market. A goat broke its rope and began eating the spinach! Manav ran after the goat and held out a carrot. The goat followed the carrot back to Lakshmi, its owner. Lakshmi gave Manav a bunch of carrots as thanks. (a) A Puppy in the Storm (b) The Runaway Goat (c) The Lost Earring
38. 38.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 Story About the Thing (c) The Snake in the Shed
39. 39.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) Whose Puppy?
40. 40.Which title best fits a story with this problem?
    “Wind blows away the rangoli powder” (a) The Seed That Would Not Grow (b) The Windy Rangoli (c) Whose Puppy?

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