Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 756 · 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 fairy tale? (a) clues to follow (b) an evil spell to break (c) brave escapes from danger
2. 2.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) brave escapes from danger
3. 3.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) jokes that make you laugh
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
5. 5.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a magic object (c) a ridiculous situation
6. 6.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a dangerous journey (c) a ridiculous situation
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
8. 8.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
9. 9.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Great Jungle Trek
10. 10.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) brave escapes from danger (c) a magic object
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
12. 12.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) characters doing daft things
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
14. 14.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
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
17. 17.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) adventure story (c) funny story
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Across the Desert by Camel
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
20. 20.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) silly mix-ups
21. 21.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) clues to follow (c) silly mix-ups
22. 22.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Detective Dog (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
23. 23.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Cave Explorers
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Detective Dog
25. 25.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) adventure story (c) mystery story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Princess and the Spell
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A silly mix-up sends the dog to school and the boy to the vet. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
36. 36.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) brave escapes from danger (c) an evil spell to break
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
38. 38.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) Ten Giggling Goats
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight

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