# Fiction and non-fiction

> Grade 3: stories vs information texts, features of non-fiction (headings, contents, index, glossary), fairy tales and fables, instructions.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g3-fiction-nonfiction-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 3
- Practice: 16
- Play it free on one screen (projector, TV or whiteboard): https://olyclass.com/library?play=language-g3-fiction-nonfiction-en
- Copy and edit it: https://olyclass.com/library?copy=language-g3-fiction-nonfiction-en
- Games it plays well in: [Paper Race](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/paper-race/), [Three in a Row](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/three-in-a-row/), [Line of Four](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/line-of-four/), [Team Bingo](https://olyclass.com/classroom-games/team-bingo/)

## Questions

1. Which book is fiction? (A book about how rabbits live / A guide to caring for pets / A report on farm animals / A story about a talking rabbit)
   Answer: A story about a talking rabbit
2. What is a non-fiction book written to do? (Give true facts / Rhyme every line / Show only pictures / Tell made-up tales)
   Answer: Give true facts
3. A story about a dragon who bakes bread is non-fiction.
   Answer: False
4. Which text is most likely to be non-fiction? (A poem about a dancing moon / A story of a brave mouse / A tale of a magic lamp / An article about volcanoes)
   Answer: An article about volcanoes
5. Where in a non-fiction book do you find the list of chapters at the start? (The blurb / The contents page / The glossary / The index)
   Answer: The contents page
6. What does a glossary do? (Explains hard words from the book / Lists page numbers for topics / Names the book's author / Shows the chapter titles)
   Answer: Explains hard words from the book
7. Which part, at the back, lists topics in ABC order with page numbers? (The contents / The heading / The index / The title page)
   Answer: The index
8. A heading tells you what a section of a text is about.
   Answer: True
9. You want to find the meaning of the word 'habitat' in a book. Which back page helps?
   Answer: The glossary
10. Which is a fable? (A list of true facts about animals / A page of word meanings / A set of steps to make a kite / A short story with a lesson, often with animals)
   Answer: A short story with a lesson, often with animals
11. Which phrase often begins a fairy tale? (Contents / In conclusion / Once upon a time / Step one)
   Answer: Once upon a time
12. What is the lesson of a fable called?
   Answer: The moral
13. Fairy tales often have magic in them.
   Answer: True
14. Which word is a good way to start an instruction in a recipe? (Mix / Mixed / Mixes / Mixing)
   Answer: Mix
15. Instructions are usually written in which order? (Alphabetical order / Any order at all / Shortest step first / The order the steps are done)
   Answer: The order the steps are done
16. Name one word that shows order in instructions, like first.
   Answer: Next, then, after that, finally (any)