Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 394 · 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 giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
3. 3.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) brave escapes from danger (c) surviving a storm or a flood
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Princess and the Spell
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
10. 10.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a ridiculous situation
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Cave Explorers (c) Footprints in the Flour
17. 17.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) mystery story (c) funny story
18. 18.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) an evil spell to break (c) brave escapes from danger
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
20. 20.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
23. 23.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) characters doing daft things (c) a missing thing or a secret
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) Climb to the Clouds
25. 25.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a detective or suspects
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Detective Dog (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
29. 29.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) an evil spell to break (b) characters doing daft things (c) silly mix-ups
30. 30.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) The Great Jungle Trek
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
33. 33.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a ridiculous situation (c) fairies, giants or dragons
34. 34.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) an evil spell to break (c) clues to follow
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Ten Giggling Goats
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
37. 37.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Burping Buffalo
38. 38.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Burping Buffalo
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) Climb to the Clouds

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