Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 755 · 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) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Who Took the Trophy?
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   Mountain climbers race to reach the top before the snow storm. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
5. 5.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Detective Dog (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
7. 7.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) characters doing daft things
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
9. 9.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a detective or suspects (c) an evil spell to break
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) characters doing daft things (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) jokes that make you laugh
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Footprints in the Flour
17. 17.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a detective or suspects (c) clues to follow
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) silly mix-ups
23. 23.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) exploring wild places (b) clues to follow (c) jokes that make you laugh
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Stranded on Storm Island
25. 25.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
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
28. 28.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) mystery story (c) adventure story
29. 29.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a puzzle to solve (c) exploring wild places
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
31. 31.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) an evil spell to break (c) a puzzle to solve
32. 32.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Princess and the Spell
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
35. 35.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
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) exploring wild places (c) clues to follow
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Across the Desert by Camel (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) Seven Magic Wishes
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat

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