Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 882 · 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 goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
3. 3.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) jokes that make you laugh
4. 4.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) silly mix-ups (c) fairies, giants or dragons
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
6. 6.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a detective or suspects (c) brave escapes from danger
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
8. 8.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
9. 9.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) Ten Giggling Goats
10. 10.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) clues to follow (c) a ridiculous situation
11. 11.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) a dangerous journey
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) The Burping Buffalo
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A boy wakes up and does everything backwards, even eating dessert first. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
18. 18.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) exploring wild places (c) a magic object
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
20. 20.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
21. 21.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a magic object (c) a detective or suspects
22. 22.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) a puzzle to solve (c) surviving a storm or a flood
24. 24.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
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) Who Took the Trophy?
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
31. 31.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) characters doing daft things (c) a dangerous journey
32. 32.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) a puzzle to solve (c) brave escapes from danger
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
34. 34.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) exploring wild places
35. 35.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Princess and the Spell (c) Escape from Crocodile River
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) adventure story (c) mystery story
39. 39.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Escape from Crocodile River
40. 40.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) funny story

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