Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 35 · 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 magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
4. 4.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
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Burping Buffalo
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
7. 7.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) a detective or suspects (c) a magic object
8. 8.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) a missing thing or a secret
9. 9.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a ridiculous situation (c) clues to follow
10. 10.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Great Jungle Trek
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Across the Desert by Camel
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
13. 13.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) exploring wild places (c) fairies, giants or dragons
14. 14.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) clues to follow (c) jokes that make you laugh
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Detective Dog
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
17. 17.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) clues to follow (b) brave escapes from danger (c) fairies, giants or dragons
18. 18.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) mystery story
19. 19.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a detective or suspects (c) fairies, giants or dragons
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) Ten Giggling Goats
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
24. 24.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) characters doing daft things
25. 25.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) silly mix-ups (c) magic, spells or wishes
26. 26.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) brave escapes from danger (c) magic, spells or wishes
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Detective Dog (c) Climb to the Clouds
28. 28.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Seven Magic Wishes
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
30. 30.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a detective or suspects
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
33. 33.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) silly mix-ups
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) Who Took the Trophy?
35. 35.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) a ridiculous situation
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.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
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight

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