Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 719 · 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 girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
2. 2.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) characters doing daft things (c) jokes that make you laugh
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Footprints in the Flour
6. 6.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
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) Escape from Crocodile River
12. 12.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
14. 14.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a detective or suspects
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
16. 16.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) a ridiculous situation
17. 17.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
18. 18.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a detective or suspects (c) a magic object
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
21. 21.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
22. 22.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) an evil spell to break (c) clues to follow
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) silly mix-ups (c) a magic object
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
27. 27.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) an evil spell to break (c) a dangerous journey
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) magic, spells or wishes
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
32. 32.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Princess and the Spell
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
34. 34.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) exploring wild places (b) a detective or suspects (c) a ridiculous situation
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Burping Buffalo
38. 38.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) Across the Desert by Camel
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale

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