Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 830 · 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?
   Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
5. 5.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Great Jungle Trek
6. 6.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) brave escapes from danger (c) a detective or suspects
7. 7.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) clues to follow (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) characters doing daft things
8. 8.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) clues to follow (c) jokes that make you laugh
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) Stranded on Storm Island
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
15. 15.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) a puzzle to solve (c) fairies, giants or dragons
16. 16.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) clues to follow (c) exploring wild places
17. 17.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a detective or suspects
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
19. 19.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) characters doing daft things (c) a dangerous journey
20. 20.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
23. 23.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a magic object
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Burping Buffalo
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.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
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) Who Took the Trophy?
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
34. 34.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Across the Desert by Camel
35. 35.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a missing thing or a secret
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Detective Dog
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
38. 38.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
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
40. 40.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute

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