Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 158 · 40 questions

Writer's tip (Look for the clues): Magic, spells, wishes, fairies, giants or dragons → fairy tale. A dangerous journey, exploring or escaping → adventure story. Something missing, clues, a secret or a detective → mystery story. Silly mix-ups that make you laugh → funny story.

1. 1.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) exploring wild places (c) silly mix-ups
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Footprints in the Flour
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) exploring wild places (c) a puzzle to solve
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Cave Explorers
12. 12.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a ridiculous situation (c) characters doing daft things
13. 13.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Great Jungle Trek
14. 14.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a magic object (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) an evil spell to break
15. 15.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a detective or suspects (c) magic, spells or wishes
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Cave Explorers
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Detective Dog (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) silly mix-ups (c) exploring wild places
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) Footprints in the Flour
27. 27.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
31. 31.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) characters doing daft things
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) Who Took the Trophy?
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Cave Explorers
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Cave Explorers
37. 37.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a dangerous journey (c) fairies, giants or dragons
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
40. 40.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) a dangerous journey (c) surviving a storm or a flood

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