Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 188 · 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 title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
5. 5.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Detective Dog
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a puzzle to solve (c) surviving a storm or a flood
9. 9.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a detective or suspects
10. 10.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
12. 12.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a puzzle to solve (c) a dangerous journey
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
15. 15.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) characters doing daft things
16. 16.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) silly mix-ups (c) an evil spell to break
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
20. 20.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) an evil spell to break
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) Stranded on Storm Island
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) a ridiculous situation (c) surviving a storm or a flood
25. 25.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a ridiculous situation (c) an evil spell to break
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) Escape from Crocodile River
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Detective Dog
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Stranded on Storm Island
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a missing thing or a secret
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Who Took the Trophy?

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