Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 686 · 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) exploring wild places (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a ridiculous situation
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
5. 5.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Footprints in the Flour
6. 6.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) a puzzle to solve (c) magic, spells or wishes
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
12. 12.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) a magic object (c) brave escapes from danger
13. 13.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) silly mix-ups
14. 14.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) exploring wild places (b) an evil spell to break (c) silly mix-ups
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) jokes that make you laugh
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
27. 27.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
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Burping Buffalo
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Seven Magic Wishes
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Stranded on Storm Island
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) fairy tale (c) funny story
32. 32.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) mystery story
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Ten Giggling Goats
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Seven Magic Wishes
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
39. 39.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) an evil spell to break (c) clues to follow
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree

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