Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 956 · 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) characters doing daft things (b) a puzzle to solve (c) magic, spells or wishes
2. 2.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a detective or suspects
3. 3.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) surviving a storm or a flood (b) a magic object (c) silly mix-ups
4. 4.What kind of story is this?
   A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy’s wand turns a pumpkin cart into a golden chariot. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   Mountain climbers race to reach the top before the snow storm. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   Shipwrecked children build a hut and explore an island. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
10. 10.What kind of story is this?
    A secret note is found in an old library book. Who wrote it? (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) The Burping Buffalo
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
13. 13.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Detective Dog (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
15. 15.What kind of story is this?
    A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (c) Escape from Crocodile River
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
18. 18.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
20. 20.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a detective or suspects (b) an evil spell to break (c) characters doing daft things
21. 21.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a magic object (c) brave escapes from danger
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    The class hamster has vanished, and three pupils are suspects. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
23. 23.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) The Day Dad Sneezed (c) The Great Jungle Trek
24. 24.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
26. 26.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) exploring wild places (c) jokes that make you laugh
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
28. 28.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (c) Who Took the Trophy?
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
30. 30.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) characters doing daft things (c) a magic object
31. 31.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) surviving a storm or a flood
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
34. 34.What kind of story is this?
    Every night a strange tapping comes from the empty room. Who is there? (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
35. 35.What kind of story is this?
    A buffalo sits in the middle of the cricket pitch and will not budge. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
36. 36.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) mystery story (c) funny story
37. 37.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) mystery story (c) fairy tale
38. 38.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) brave escapes from danger (c) a detective or suspects
39. 39.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) magic, spells or wishes
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Burping Buffalo (c) The Wishing Well of Gold

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