Kinds of Stories Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 18: Kinds of stories · Set 984 · 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.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
2. 2.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Great Jungle Trek (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Enchanted Mango Tree
3. 3.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) characters doing daft things (c) brave escapes from danger
4. 4.Which is a feature of a mystery story? (a) exploring wild places (b) a puzzle to solve (c) surviving a storm or a flood
5. 5.What kind of story is this?
   Three friends trek through a thick jungle to reach a hidden waterfall. (a) fairy tale (b) funny story (c) adventure story
6. 6.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) characters doing daft things (b) a detective or suspects (c) brave escapes from danger
7. 7.What kind of story is this?
   A wizard’s magic carpet carries a shepherd girl to a giant’s palace. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) fairy tale
8. 8.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) a magic object (b) exploring wild places (c) a dangerous journey
9. 9.What kind of story is this?
   Grandma’s glasses end up on the cat, who stares at everyone. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
10. 10.Which is a feature of an adventure story? (a) a missing thing or a secret (b) a dangerous journey (c) a ridiculous situation
11. 11.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a detective or suspects (b) an evil spell to break (c) silly mix-ups
12. 12.What kind of story is this?
    Explorers cross a frozen lake that cracks under their feet. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
13. 13.What kind of story is this?
    The cook mixes up sugar and salt, and the guests pull silly faces. (a) funny story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) characters doing daft things (b) fairies, giants or dragons (c) a detective or suspects
17. 17.What kind of story is this?
    Dad sneezes so hard that all the birthday candles blow out early. (a) funny story (b) mystery story (c) adventure story
18. 18.Which is a feature of a fairy tale? (a) brave escapes from danger (b) a detective or suspects (c) magic, spells or wishes
19. 19.What kind of story is this?
    A magic seed grows a ladder of flowers up to the fairy kingdom. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
20. 20.What kind of story is this?
    A team climbs a snowy mountain as a storm blows in. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
21. 21.What kind of story is this?
    Two cousins explore a deep cave and must escape before the tide comes in. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
22. 22.What kind of story is this?
    A dragon guards a magic lamp that grants wishes. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
23. 23.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
24. 24.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Dragon’s Magic Lamp (b) The Wishing Well of Gold (c) Footprints in the Flour
25. 25.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy godmother turns a stone into a talking magic mirror. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
26. 26.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) The Strange Tapping at Midnight (b) Footprints in the Flour (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
27. 27.Which title sounds most like a funny story? (a) Ten Giggling Goats (b) The Case of the Missing Laddoos (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
28. 28.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) a puzzle to solve (b) jokes that make you laugh (c) a magic object
29. 29.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) magic, spells or wishes (b) a ridiculous situation (c) fairies, giants or dragons
30. 30.What kind of story is this?
    A fairy gives a poor weaver three wishes, but each wish has a catch. (a) mystery story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
31. 31.Which is a feature of a funny story? (a) clues to follow (b) characters doing daft things (c) exploring wild places
32. 32.What kind of story is this?
    Mum’s new robot vacuum chases the cat round and round the house. (a) adventure story (b) funny story (c) fairy tale
33. 33.What kind of story is this?
    The laddoos keep vanishing from the kitchen, and nobody knows who is taking them. (a) funny story (b) adventure story (c) mystery story
34. 34.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Wishing Well of Gold (b) Across the Desert by Camel (c) The Secret of the Locked Room
35. 35.Which title sounds most like a fairy tale? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Wizard’s Silver Wand (c) The Goat Who Wore Pyjamas
36. 36.Which title sounds most like a mystery story? (a) The Burping Buffalo (b) The Clue in the Old Diary (c) The Great Jungle Trek
37. 37.What kind of story is this?
    A boy paddles a canoe through crocodile swamps to reach his village. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) funny story
38. 38.What kind of story is this?
    Dad tries to cook dinner and the whole kitchen ends up covered in flour. (a) fairy tale (b) adventure story (c) funny story
39. 39.What kind of story is this?
    A girl journeys deep into the Sundarbans to rescue a tiger cub. (a) adventure story (b) mystery story (c) fairy tale
40. 40.What kind of story is this?
    An enchanted mango tree grants one wish to whoever is kind to it. (a) adventure story (b) fairy tale (c) mystery story

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