Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 97 · 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 an adventure story? (a) jokes that make you laugh (b) a detective or suspects (c) a dangerous journey
2. 2.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) The Great Jungle Trek (c) My Dog Ate My Rangoli
3. 3.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) clues to follow (b) magic, spells or wishes (c) a ridiculous situation
4. 4.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) jokes that make you laugh
5. 5.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Cave Explorers
6. 6.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) funny story
7. 7.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) Across the Desert by Camel
8. 8.What kind of story is this?
   A girl and her uncle sail a small raft down a roaring river. (a) fairy tale (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   A giant lives in a castle of sugar high above the clouds. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
10. 10.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) exploring wild places (b) brave escapes from danger (c) an evil spell to break
11. 11.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
12. 12.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a missing thing or a secret
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) adventure story
14. 14.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Vanishing Cricket Bat (b) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (c) The Fairy of the Lotus Pond
15. 15.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
16. 16.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Giant’s Magic Flute (b) Stranded on Storm Island (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
17. 17.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a dangerous journey (b) clues to follow (c) a ridiculous situation
18. 18.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Stranded on Storm Island (b) Who Took the Trophy? (c) The Wizard’s Silver Wand
19. 19.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) Climb to the Clouds (c) The Day Dad Sneezed
20. 20.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
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
22. 22.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
23. 23.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a ridiculous situation (c) surviving a storm or a flood
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Journey to the Snowy Peak (b) The Silly Socks Mix-Up (c) Rafting Down the Wild River
25. 25.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) Climb to the Clouds (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Secret of the Locked Room (b) Escape from Crocodile River (c) The Princess and the Spell
27. 27.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) a puzzle to solve (c) a dangerous journey
28. 28.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) fairies, giants or dragons (b) brave escapes from danger (c) magic, spells or wishes
29. 29.What kind of story is this?
    A magic flute makes every animal in the kingdom dance. (a) mystery story (b) fairy tale (c) adventure story
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) funny story
31. 31.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) silly mix-ups (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a dangerous journey
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Dad’s Very Floury Dinner (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
34. 34.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) fairy tale (c) adventure story
35. 35.Which title sounds most like an adventure story? (a) Escape from Crocodile River (b) Seven Magic Wishes (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
36. 36.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) silly mix-ups (c) magic, spells or wishes
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
38. 38.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a missing thing or a secret (c) characters doing daft things
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    Two friends follow an old map on a long journey across the hills. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
40. 40.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Detective Dog

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