Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 665 · 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?
   A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
3. 3.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
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
8. 8.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a puzzle to solve (c) a ridiculous situation
9. 9.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) brave escapes from danger (c) an evil spell to break
10. 10.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
11. 11.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) a dangerous journey (c) characters doing daft things
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
13. 13.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a detective or suspects
14. 14.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
17. 17.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a detective or suspects (c) jokes that make you laugh
18. 18.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
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
20. 20.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
22. 22.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
23. 23.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
26. 26.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) an evil spell to break (c) magic, spells or wishes
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
28. 28.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
29. 29.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) clues to follow
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
32. 32.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a dangerous journey (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) an evil spell to break
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
34. 34.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) a magic object (c) characters doing daft things
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Seven Magic Wishes
36. 36.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a dangerous journey
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Ten Giggling Goats
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
40. 40.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a puzzle to solve (c) a ridiculous situation

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