Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 740 · 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 journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
4. 4.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) silly mix-ups (c) a dangerous journey
5. 5.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a ridiculous situation
6. 6.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
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Ten Giggling Goats
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) clues to follow (c) a ridiculous situation
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
12. 12.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
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
16. 16.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
17. 17.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) an evil spell to break (c) exploring wild places
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a dangerous journey (c) exploring wild places
19. 19.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
20. 20.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) an evil spell to break (c) a dangerous journey
21. 21.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Princess and the Spell
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Great Jungle Trek
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
24. 24.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
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Burping Buffalo
26. 26.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) brave escapes from danger
27. 27.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a missing thing or a secret
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
29. 29.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a puzzle to solve (c) fairies, giants or dragons
30. 30.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
31. 31.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
33. 33.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a dangerous journey
34. 34.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) exploring wild places (c) a detective or suspects
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) Stranded on Storm Island
37. 37.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) funny story
38. 38.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) Who Took the Trophy?

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