Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 21 · 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.What kind of story is this?
   A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
3. 3.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) silly mix-ups (c) a detective or suspects
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
6. 6.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) jokes that make you laugh
7. 7.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) brave escapes from danger (c) a puzzle to solve
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
9. 9.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) an evil spell to break (c) characters doing daft things
13. 13.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) exploring wild places (c) a detective or suspects
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a puzzle to solve (c) a detective or suspects
17. 17.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
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
19. 19.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Climb to the Clouds
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
21. 21.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a magic object (c) a detective or suspects
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) jokes that make you laugh
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
25. 25.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) Across the Desert by Camel
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) Climb to the Clouds
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) Across the Desert by Camel
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
34. 34.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) characters doing daft things (c) an evil spell to break
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
37. 37.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Ten Giggling Goats
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story

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