Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 487 · 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 title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
2. 2.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a missing thing or a secret
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) Seven Magic Wishes
7. 7.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
9. 9.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) a dangerous journey (c) a missing thing or a secret
10. 10.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
11. 11.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) clues to follow (c) a detective or suspects
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) a magic object (c) silly mix-ups
13. 13.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
14. 14.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Princess and the Spell
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) fairies, giants or dragons
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
18. 18.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a dangerous journey (c) a detective or suspects
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) jokes that make you laugh
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) an evil spell to break
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Stranded on Storm Island
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
27. 27.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) characters doing daft things (c) a puzzle to solve
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
32. 32.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) an evil spell to break (c) a detective or suspects
33. 33.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) Ten Giggling Goats
35. 35.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Burping Buffalo
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) Who Took the Trophy?
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
39. 39.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) exploring wild places
40. 40.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

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