Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 100 · 40 questions

Writer's tip (Say the sound): Say the word aloud — does it sound like a noise? (hiss, crunch, boom). Match the sound to what makes it: a bee buzzes, a duck quacks, pakoras sizzle. Use one in a story to make a moment loud and real: Splash! Kabir fell into the pond.

1. 1.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) boom (b) croak (c) baa
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) drip (c) dark
3. 3.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a microwave (c) a horse
4. 4.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a frog (b) a sneeze (c) a visitor at the door
5. 5.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a doorbell (b) a balloon (c) a car horn
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) river (c) gentle
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) chirp (c) window
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) honk (b) oink (c) tick-tock
9. 9.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a snake (c) a pair of scissors
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) dawn (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) rooster
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) burst (b) pop (c) balloon
12. 12.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a visitor at the door (c) a jump into a pool
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) oink (c) splash
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) owl (c) hoot
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) teacher (c) mango
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) boom (c) crackle
17. 17.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a rooster (c) a bee
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) quack (b) neigh (c) clang
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) chirp (b) quack (c) moo
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) boom (c) window
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) room (b) achoo (c) dusty
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) whoosh (c) croak
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) woof (b) buzz (c) slurp
25. 25.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a lion (b) a snake (c) a heavy bag falling
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) clang (b) neigh (c) meow
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) baa (b) knock (c) hiss
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) honk (b) moo (c) crunch
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) quack (c) ducks
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) pitter-patter (b) croak (c) snip
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) beep (c) quickly
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) whoosh (b) moo (c) ding-dong
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) meow (c) cat
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) meow (c) teacher
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) honk (c) teacher
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) oink (c) kind
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) mango (c) yellow
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) knock (b) pitter-patter (c) crunch
40. 40.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a balloon (b) a visitor at the door (c) raindrops

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