Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 620 · 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) silly mix-ups (b) a magic object (c) exploring wild places
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
4. 4.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) Seven Magic Wishes
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Ten Giggling Goats
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
7. 7.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a detective or suspects (c) fairies, giants or dragons
8. 8.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
9. 9.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) surviving a storm or a flood
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) silly mix-ups
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
17. 17.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) exploring wild places (c) a detective or suspects
18. 18.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) an evil spell to break
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
20. 20.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a magic object (c) fairies, giants or dragons
21. 21.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) adventure story
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
31. 31.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
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) silly mix-ups (c) characters doing daft things
34. 34.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) clues to follow (c) silly mix-ups
35. 35.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
36. 36.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) jokes that make you laugh
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight

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