Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 837 · 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?
   A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
2. 2.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
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
5. 5.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) clues to follow (c) a dangerous journey
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Great Jungle Trek
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) an evil spell to break (b) characters doing daft things (c) a puzzle to solve
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
11. 11.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
12. 12.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) mystery story (c) fairy tale
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
14. 14.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) funny story (c) mystery story
15. 15.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Great Jungle Trek
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) silly mix-ups (c) a missing thing or a secret
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
20. 20.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
22. 22.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) silly mix-ups (c) a missing thing or a secret
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Across the Desert by Camel
24. 24.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a ridiculous situation
25. 25.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) silly mix-ups (c) a puzzle to solve
26. 26.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) brave escapes from danger (c) silly mix-ups
27. 27.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
29. 29.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
30. 30.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
32. 32.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) adventure story
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
34. 34.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) characters doing daft things (c) a detective or suspects
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) The Princess and the Spell
36. 36.What kind of story is this?
    A monkey borrows a tourist’s hat and starts selling tickets. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
38. 38.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) characters doing daft things (c) a puzzle to solve
39. 39.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a magic object (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) clues to follow
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Strange Tapping at Midnight

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