Match the description to the correct literary genre in this educational worksheet.

Let’s go step by step to match each description with the correct literary genre.

We’ll read each numbered description and think about what kind of story or text it is describing. Then we’ll pick the best matching genre from the list on the right.

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1) A book that contains true information about a topic.
→ This is not fiction — it’s giving facts. So this matches INFORMATIONAL TEXT.

2) A text about the solution of a crime.
→ Crimes, detectives, solving puzzles — that’s classic MYSTERY.

3) Traditional stories about fairies, princesses and other magical creatures.
→ These are old tales passed down, often with magic — that’s FAIRY TALES.

4) A story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
→ Made-up people and plots, but set in real history — that’s HISTORICAL FICTION.

5) A story that contains science elements like space travelling and time machines.
→ Science + imagination = SCIENCE FICTION.

6) The true story of someone real’s life written by another person.
→ Someone else writes your life story → BIOGRAPHY.

7) The true story of someone’s life written by that same person.
→ You write your own life story → AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

8) Stories that include talking animals, people with magical powers and imaginary kingdoms.
→ Magic, fantasy worlds, mythical beings → FANTASY.

9) Stories where the people, places and events may be real but the story is imaginary.
→ Feels real, could happen, but made up → REALISTIC FICTION.

10) A story usually played on stage by actors.
→ Meant to be performed → PLAY.

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Now let’s double-check our matches:

1 → INFORMATIONAL TEXT ✔
2 → MYSTERY ✔
3 → FAIRY TALES ✔
4 → HISTORICAL FICTION ✔
5 → SCIENCE FICTION ✔
6 → BIOGRAPHY ✔
7 → AUTOBIOGRAPHY ✔
8 → FANTASY ✔
9 → REALISTIC FICTION ✔
10 → PLAY ✔

All match correctly!

Final Answer:
1 – INFORMATIONAL TEXT
2 – MYSTERY
3 – FAIRY TALES
4 – HISTORICAL FICTION
5 – SCIENCE FICTION
6 – BIOGRAPHY
7 – AUTOBIOGRAPHY
8 – FANTASY
9 – REALISTIC FICTION
10 – PLAY