Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 896 · 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 fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a detective or suspects (c) magic, spells or wishes
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Climb to the Clouds
3. 3.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Giant’s Magic Flute
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   Mountain climbers race to reach the top before the snow storm. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A missing painting, a muddy shoe print and a torn ticket: the clues pile up. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) mystery story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) The Secret of the Locked Room (c) Stranded on Storm Island
8. 8.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
9. 9.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a magic object
10. 10.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Enchanted Mango Tree (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
13. 13.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a dangerous journey
14. 14.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) brave escapes from danger (c) silly mix-ups
15. 15.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Across the Desert by Camel
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) Seven Magic Wishes
17. 17.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) Journey to the Snowy Peak
18. 18.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) Stranded on Storm Island
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (b) Rafting Down the Wild River (c) The Vanishing Cricket Bat
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
21. 21.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Princess and the Spell
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) fairies, giants or dragons
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Enchanted Mango Tree (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A boy crosses the hot desert on a camel to bring medicine home. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
25. 25.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
26. 26.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Princess and the Spell (b) Ten Giggling Goats (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
28. 28.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (c) The Princess and the Spell
30. 30.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) mystery story (c) fairy tale
31. 31.What kind of story is this?
    The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
32. 32.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) an evil spell to break (b) a magic object (c) silly mix-ups
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    A brave girl leads her goats across a rope bridge in a storm. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Great Jungle Trek
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Clue in the Old Diary
37. 37.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Rafting Down the Wild River (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A detective dog sniffs out clues to find the stolen bicycle. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story

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