Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 786 · 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) a magic object (b) a puzzle to solve (c) exploring wild places
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
3. 3.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
8. 8.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) a detective or suspects
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
10. 10.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
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Cave Explorers
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
13. 13.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
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
18. 18.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
20. 20.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a ridiculous situation
21. 21.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a puzzle to solve
22. 22.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) adventure story
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) Seven Magic Wishes
25. 25.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
28. 28.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) clues to follow (c) magic, spells or wishes
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Stranded on Storm Island
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight
37. 37.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story

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