Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 222 · 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 fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) The Burping Buffalo
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   Strange footprints appear in the flour, and a detective is called. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
4. 4.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a missing thing or a secret
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
10. 10.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) fairy tale
11. 11.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Burping Buffalo
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
13. 13.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) jokes that make you laugh
14. 14.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
20. 20.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) Across the Desert by Camel
21. 21.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) characters doing daft things (c) a magic object
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) a dangerous journey (c) magic, spells or wishes
23. 23.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) silly mix-ups
24. 24.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
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Great Jungle Trek
27. 27.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
28. 28.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
29. 29.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) an evil spell to break (c) clues to follow
30. 30.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a ridiculous situation (c) surviving a storm or a flood
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
32. 32.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) an evil spell to break
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
37. 37.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) exploring wild places
38. 38.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) mystery story (c) fairy tale
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story

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