Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 876 · 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 giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) funny story
3. 3.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) characters doing daft things (c) surviving a storm or a flood
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
5. 5.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) clues to follow (b) brave escapes from danger (c) characters doing daft things
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) The Detective Dog
8. 8.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
9. 9.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) exploring wild places (c) silly mix-ups
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) silly mix-ups (b) a magic object (c) characters doing daft things
11. 11.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
12. 12.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
14. 14.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a ridiculous situation (c) fairies, giants or dragons
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
16. 16.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (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) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
21. 21.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) silly mix-ups (c) a missing thing or a secret
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) exploring wild places (c) jokes that make you laugh
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
25. 25.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
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
30. 30.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) brave escapes from danger (c) a dangerous journey
31. 31.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Cave Explorers (c) The Princess and the Spell
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) The Princess and the Spell
37. 37.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) exploring wild places (c) fairies, giants or dragons
38. 38.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) fairy tale (c) adventure story
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale

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