Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 129 · 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 “moo”? (a) thunder (b) raindrops (c) a cow
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) click (b) snip (c) achoo
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) click (b) vroom (c) neigh
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) click (b) croak (c) drip
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) boom (b) honk (c) splash
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) boom (c) kind
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) achoo (b) river (c) kind
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) papad (c) crunch
9. 9.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a clock (b) a cat (c) a pair of scissors
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) quack (b) baa (c) roar
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) kind (c) mango
12. 12.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a clock (c) raindrops
13. 13.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a horse (b) thunder (c) a motorbike
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) quickly (c) yellow
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) bees (b) buzz (c) flowers
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) click (b) clang (c) croak
17. 17.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) the wind (c) a campfire
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) horse (c) neigh
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) clang (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) ding-dong
20. 20.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) raindrops (b) a pair of scissors (c) a duck
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) honk (c) river
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) green (c) mango
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) moo (b) tick-tock (c) beep
25. 25.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a sheep (b) a jump into a pool (c) a crisp papad
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) ding-dong (b) pitter-patter (c) crackle
27. 27.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a campfire (b) a sneeze (c) a sheep
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) hills (c) thunder
29. 29.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a doorbell (b) a motorbike (c) a rooster
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) meow (c) cat
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) pigs (c) muddy
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) oink (b) pop (c) achoo
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) river (c) click
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) shed (c) cow
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) click (b) buzz (c) meow
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) neigh (b) achoo (c) sizzle
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) splash (c) mango
38. 38.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a bee (c) a duck
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) ding-dong (c) quickly
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) slowly (c) woof

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