Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 623 · 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 mystery story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a dangerous journey (c) surviving a storm or a flood
2. 2.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
5. 5.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) an evil spell to break (c) a ridiculous situation
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
10. 10.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Footprints in the Flour
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
13. 13.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) brave escapes from danger
14. 14.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
15. 15.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
19. 19.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) silly mix-ups
20. 20.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) a puzzle to solve (c) silly mix-ups
21. 21.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) fairy tale
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
24. 24.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a dangerous journey (c) a magic object
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Escape from Crocodile River
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
28. 28.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Princess and the Spell
29. 29.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) clues to follow (b) exploring wild places (c) an evil spell to break
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
31. 31.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
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Detective Dog
33. 33.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
35. 35.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) characters doing daft things (c) clues to follow
36. 36.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale

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