Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 746 · 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 title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
2. 2.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) a puzzle to solve (c) surviving a storm or a flood
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
4. 4.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) mystery story (c) funny story
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Cave Explorers
6. 6.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a puzzle to solve
9. 9.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Princess and the Spell
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Seven Magic Wishes
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
13. 13.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) brave escapes from danger (c) magic, spells or wishes
14. 14.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) clues to follow
15. 15.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
16. 16.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Stranded on Storm Island
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
23. 23.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a dangerous journey (b) clues to follow (c) an evil spell to break
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Cave Explorers
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
26. 26.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
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
30. 30.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) fairies, giants or dragons
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 title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Seven Magic Wishes
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
35. 35.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) adventure story (c) fairy tale
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Across the Desert by Camel
37. 37.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a detective or suspects (c) a ridiculous situation
38. 38.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Great Jungle Trek
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story

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