Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 11 · 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 pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) snip (b) pop (c) sizzle
2. 2.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a duck (c) a cow
3. 3.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a cow (b) a heavy bag falling (c) the wind
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) moo (c) tick-tock
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) slurp (c) lassi
7. 7.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a microwave (c) a balloon
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) woof (b) hoot (c) click
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hoot (b) teacher (c) mango
10. 10.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a leaking tap (c) a duck
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) click (c) chair
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) mango (c) green
14. 14.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a frog (b) a cow (c) a bee
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) slowly (c) snip
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) dry (c) logs
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
18. 18.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a sheep (b) a car horn (c) a pig
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) beep (b) crackle (c) thud
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) knock (b) baa (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) woof (c) snip
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) crackle (c) quickly
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) drip (b) snip (c) clang
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) pitter-patter (b) boom (c) moo
26. 26.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) a jump into a pool (c) raindrops
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) green (c) quickly
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) papad (c) crunch
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) thud (b) yellow (c) kind
30. 30.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a cat (c) a lion
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) thread (c) scissors
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) green (c) honk
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) roar (b) whoosh (c) sizzle
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) happy (c) baa
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) trees (c) whoosh
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) rooster (c) dawn
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) pitter-patter (b) knock (c) boom
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) microwave (b) milk (c) beep
39. 39.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a pair of scissors (c) a cow
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) knock (b) croak (c) vroom

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