Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 270 · 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 spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
2. 2.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) a detective or suspects (c) a ridiculous situation
3. 3.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a detective or suspects (c) a magic object
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
5. 5.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) characters doing daft things
6. 6.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
7. 7.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a dangerous journey (c) exploring wild places
9. 9.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
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) a magic object (c) a ridiculous situation
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) Escape from Crocodile River
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Ten Giggling Goats
17. 17.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a dangerous journey (c) a ridiculous situation
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
20. 20.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) an evil spell to break
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Detective Dog (c) Escape from Crocodile River
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
29. 29.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) clues to follow (c) an evil spell to break
30. 30.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
32. 32.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) Escape from Crocodile River
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
36. 36.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) a detective or suspects (c) jokes that make you laugh
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
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) mystery story (c) adventure story
40. 40.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a puzzle to solve (c) an evil spell to break

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