Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 528 · 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 a fairy tale? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
2. 2.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) magic, spells or wishes
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
6. 6.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) exploring wild places (c) a puzzle to solve
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure 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) funny story (c) mystery story
9. 9.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a dangerous journey (c) exploring wild places
10. 10.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
11. 11.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a dangerous journey (c) a detective or suspects
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Burping Buffalo
13. 13.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) jokes that make you laugh
14. 14.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Detective Dog (c) Seven Magic Wishes
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
17. 17.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
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Cave Explorers
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
20. 20.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) exploring wild places (c) a magic object
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
25. 25.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.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) mystery story
30. 30.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) characters doing daft things (c) a missing thing or a secret
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
32. 32.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) clues to follow (c) fairies, giants or dragons
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) Escape from Crocodile River
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Detective Dog
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Stranded on Storm Island
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Great Jungle Trek

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