Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 679 · 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 dangerous journey (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) a magic object
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Across the Desert by Camel
4. 4.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) fairy tale
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
6. 6.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) clues to follow (c) an evil spell to break
9. 9.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) magic, spells or wishes
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Princess and the Spell
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
16. 16.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a ridiculous situation
17. 17.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) adventure story (c) funny story
18. 18.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
21. 21.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
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
25. 25.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) silly mix-ups (c) magic, spells or wishes
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
27. 27.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) exploring wild places (c) a ridiculous situation
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Detective Dog
30. 30.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a magic object (c) clues to follow
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Climb to the Clouds
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) Ten Giggling Goats
34. 34.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
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
37. 37.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a dangerous journey (c) magic, spells or wishes
38. 38.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) a detective or suspects (c) clues to follow
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Secret of the Locked Room

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