Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 119 · 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.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a sheep (b) a campfire (c) a camera
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) buzz (c) woof
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) hall (c) tick-tock
4. 4.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) thunder (c) a frog
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) snip (c) thread
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) vroom (c) green
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crunch (b) quickly (c) yellow
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) neigh (c) horse
9. 9.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a duck (b) a leaking tap (c) a campfire
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) slurp (b) click (c) meow
11. 11.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a dog (b) a doorbell (c) a balloon
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) tick-tock (b) drip (c) hoot
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) kind (c) ding-dong
14. 14.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a leaking tap (c) the wind
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) roar (b) boom (c) whoosh
16. 16.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a snake (b) a leaking tap (c) a car horn
17. 17.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a lion (b) a noisy drinker (c) a snake
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) thud (b) river (c) mango
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) cow (c) moo
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) chair (c) boom
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) dawn (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) roar (c) river
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) window (c) slurp
24. 24.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a doorbell (b) a campfire (c) a lion
25. 25.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a duck (c) thunder
26. 26.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a microwave (b) a cow (c) a car horn
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) quack (b) moo (c) snip
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) river (c) hoot
29. 29.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a clock (c) thunder
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) happy (c) knock
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) neigh (c) buzz
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) neigh (b) buzz (c) pitter-patter
33. 33.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a noisy drinker (c) a duck
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) moo (b) pop (c) hoot
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) meow (b) buzz (c) achoo
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) snip (b) woof (c) knock
37. 37.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a lion (b) thunder (c) a sheep
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) snip (c) kind
39. 39.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a jump into a pool (c) the wind
40. 40.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a snake (b) a horse (c) a campfire

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