Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 449 · 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 funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) a detective or suspects (c) a ridiculous situation
2. 2.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a dangerous journey (c) a puzzle to solve
3. 3.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) surviving a storm or a flood
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
6. 6.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Burping Buffalo
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
9. 9.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a magic object (c) a detective or suspects
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) an evil spell to break (c) a missing thing or a secret
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) funny story (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) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
20. 20.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) exploring wild places (c) a magic object
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) characters doing daft things (c) brave escapes from danger
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Cave Explorers
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
27. 27.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) exploring wild places (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) a missing thing or a secret
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) fairy tale
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
30. 30.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Escape from Crocodile River
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Who Took the Trophy?
33. 33.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
34. 34.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) silly mix-ups (c) a detective or suspects
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
37. 37.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a detective or suspects (c) characters doing daft things
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Princess and the Spell

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