Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 871 · 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 title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
2. 2.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) clues to follow (b) characters doing daft things (c) an evil spell to break
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
6. 6.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
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
11. 11.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) clues to follow (c) fairies, giants or dragons
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) magic, spells or wishes
13. 13.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
14. 14.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) mystery story
15. 15.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) surviving a storm or a flood
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) Climb to the Clouds
18. 18.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
20. 20.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) Who Took the Trophy?
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
22. 22.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) silly mix-ups
23. 23.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) silly mix-ups
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
25. 25.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
26. 26.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) a ridiculous situation (c) magic, spells or wishes
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A magic comb turns every tangle in a girl’s hair into gold thread. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A wicked spell turns a princess into a parrot until a kind boy frees her. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
30. 30.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Upside-Down Grandpa (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Cave Explorers
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
32. 32.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) silly mix-ups (c) jokes that make you laugh
33. 33.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) a dangerous journey (c) a magic object
34. 34.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
35. 35.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) characters doing daft things
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Seven Magic Wishes
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.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) mystery story (c) funny story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Across the Desert by Camel

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