Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 861 · 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?
   Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) The Cave Explorers
5. 5.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) a ridiculous situation (c) magic, spells or wishes
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) an evil spell to break (c) jokes that make you laugh
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
10. 10.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) characters doing daft things
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Cave Explorers
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Ten Giggling Goats
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
18. 18.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) silly mix-ups (c) exploring wild places
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
21. 21.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) characters doing daft things (c) a detective or suspects
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) The Cave Explorers
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
32. 32.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Ten Giggling Goats
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Footprints in the Flour
35. 35.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) silly mix-ups (c) a magic object
36. 36.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a magic object (c) brave escapes from danger
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
38. 38.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a magic object (c) a missing thing or a secret
39. 39.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) clues to follow (c) fairies, giants or dragons
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story

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