Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 888 · 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 is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a magic object (b) exploring wild places (c) a detective or suspects
2. 2.What kind of story is this?
   A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
3. 3.What kind of story is this?
   A secret code on the back of a photo leads to a hidden key. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A parrot copies the teacher and gives the whole class a silly holiday. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) The Great Jungle Trek
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) jokes that make you laugh
9. 9.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) The Silly Socks Mix-Up
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a ridiculous situation (c) an evil spell to break
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Escape from Crocodile River
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Footprints in the Flour
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    Strange footprints appear in the flour, and a detective is called. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) magic, spells or wishes
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    The prize cake disappears, and the only clue is a trail of crumbs. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Stranded on Storm Island
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
21. 21.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) clues to follow (b) a magic object (c) a dangerous journey
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    Grandma’s locked trunk holds a secret, and only a coded clue can open it. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) Stranded on Storm Island
25. 25.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) exploring wild places (b) clues to follow (c) jokes that make you laugh
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
27. 27.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
28. 28.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) fairies, giants or dragons
29. 29.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
30. 30.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) adventure story
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    Uncle puts his shoes on the wrong feet and waddles to work like a duck. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
32. 32.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Detective Dog
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
34. 34.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a ridiculous situation (c) surviving a storm or a flood
35. 35.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Cave Explorers (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
36. 36.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Great Jungle Trek
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
38. 38.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) funny story (c) fairy tale
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Burping Buffalo
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story

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