Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 317 · 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 secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
4. 4.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) fairies, giants or dragons
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Burping Buffalo
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
8. 8.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
9. 9.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) exploring wild places (c) magic, spells or wishes
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Cave Explorers (c) Escape from Crocodile River
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
13. 13.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
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
18. 18.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Princess and the Spell
24. 24.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) adventure story
25. 25.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) an evil spell to break
26. 26.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) a detective or suspects (c) magic, spells or wishes
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
29. 29.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) fairy tale (c) funny story
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
31. 31.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) exploring wild places (c) surviving a storm or a flood
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
33. 33.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a dangerous journey
34. 34.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
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) surviving a storm or a flood
37. 37.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) silly mix-ups (c) fairies, giants or dragons
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Stranded on Storm Island

Free creative writing lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/creative-writing-for-kids