Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 575 · 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?
   The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (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) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
3. 3.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
4. 4.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a detective or suspects (c) an evil spell to break
5. 5.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
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
8. 8.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a dangerous journey
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
11. 11.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) surviving a storm or a flood
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a dangerous journey
13. 13.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) characters doing daft things
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Detective Dog
16. 16.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Princess and the Spell
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
21. 21.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) mystery story
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) silly mix-ups
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
32. 32.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
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Great Jungle Trek
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) The Burping Buffalo
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a puzzle to solve
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
38. 38.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a ridiculous situation (c) magic, spells or wishes
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale

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