Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 631 · 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 an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) silly mix-ups
2. 2.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a magic object
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Cave Explorers (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
5. 5.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a dangerous journey (c) a puzzle to solve
6. 6.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) mystery story
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
10. 10.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
11. 11.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
16. 16.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) fairy tale (c) funny story
17. 17.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) an evil spell to break (c) clues to follow
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Cave Explorers (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
23. 23.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) clues to follow (c) magic, spells or wishes
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Who Took the Trophy?
25. 25.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
26. 26.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) clues to follow (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) a magic object
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Mountain climbers race to reach the top before the snow storm. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
30. 30.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) a magic object (c) characters doing daft things
31. 31.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) clues to follow
32. 32.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
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a detective or suspects
37. 37.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) a ridiculous situation (c) exploring wild places
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
39. 39.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a detective or suspects (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond

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