Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 964 · 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 title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) Climb to the Clouds
2. 2.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a dangerous journey (c) clues to follow
3. 3.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Great Jungle Trek
4. 4.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Clue in the Old Diary (b) My Dog Ate My Rangoli (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Detective Dog (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
6. 6.What kind of story is this?
   A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
7. 7.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) silly mix-ups
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a magic object (c) a ridiculous situation
9. 9.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a ridiculous situation
10. 10.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Princess and the Spell
11. 11.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Day Dad Sneezed (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Detective Dog
12. 12.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Who Took the Trophy? (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
13. 13.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) mystery story (c) fairy tale
14. 14.What kind of story is this?
    A spell makes a lazy prince sleep until someone wishes him awake. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Upside-Down Grandpa (c) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) Across the Desert by Camel
17. 17.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Footprints in the Flour (b) The Giant’s Magic Flute (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
18. 18.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) a ridiculous situation (c) a magic object
19. 19.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Upside-Down Grandpa
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) fairy tale
21. 21.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
22. 22.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) clues to follow (c) brave escapes from danger
23. 23.What kind of story is this?
    A goat wears Grandpa’s pyjamas and sits down at the dinner table. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
24. 24.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) silly mix-ups (c) clues to follow
25. 25.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) an evil spell to break (c) characters doing daft things
26. 26.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a ridiculous situation (b) surviving a storm or a flood (c) characters doing daft things
27. 27.What kind of story is this?
    A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
28. 28.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Seven Magic Wishes (b) Journey to the Snowy Peak (c) The Wishing Well of Gold
29. 29.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Cave Explorers (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Burping Buffalo
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    The school trophy goes missing, and Riya follows the clues to find who took it. (a) mystery story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
31. 31.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a puzzle to solve
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) funny story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) The Case of the Missing Laddoos
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Detective Dog (c) Stranded on Storm Island
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) Who Took the Trophy?
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    Who switched the labels on all the jars in the shop? Zoya finds out. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
39. 39.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (c) Who Took the Trophy?
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) mystery story

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