Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 412 · 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.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) surviving a storm or a flood
2. 2.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a dangerous journey (c) silly mix-ups
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) Footprints in the Flour
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
7. 7.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) silly mix-ups (c) a detective or suspects
8. 8.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) silly mix-ups
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
10. 10.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
11. 11.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Mountain climbers race to reach the top before the snow storm. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Who Took the Trophy?
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) clues to follow (c) fairies, giants or dragons
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
20. 20.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
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
22. 22.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
23. 23.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Climb to the Clouds
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
25. 25.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) a puzzle to solve (c) characters doing daft things
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
28. 28.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a ridiculous situation (c) clues to follow
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    Strange footprints appear in the flour, and a detective is called. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) The Burping Buffalo
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
40. 40.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) an evil spell to break (c) a missing thing or a secret

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