Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 137 · 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 “tick-tock”? (a) a clock (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a rooster
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) click (c) yellow
3. 3.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a leaking tap (c) a balloon
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) pigs (c) muddy
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) vroom (c) baa
6. 6.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a cat (b) a cow (c) a bee
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) teacher (c) green
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chirp (b) yellow (c) river
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) yellow (c) kind
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) crackle (c) slowly
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) boom (b) hoot (c) slurp
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) teacher (c) table
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) hoot (b) meow (c) quack
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) happy (c) whoosh
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) milk (b) microwave (c) beep
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) window (c) kind
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) clang (b) thud (c) woof
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
19. 19.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a camera (c) a car horn
20. 20.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a sheep (b) a doorbell (c) a sparrow
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) hoot (c) tree
22. 22.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a bee (b) a visitor at the door (c) a sparrow
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) thud (b) happy (c) slowly
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) meow (c) oink
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) kind (c) pitter-patter
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) gentle (c) teacher
27. 27.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a sheep (b) thunder (c) a microwave
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) scissors (c) thread
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) cow (c) moo
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) baa (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) crunch
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) window (c) oink
32. 32.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a motorbike (b) a rooster (c) a lion
33. 33.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a campfire (c) a noisy drinker
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) woof (c) puppy
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) slowly (c) chair
36. 36.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) raindrops (b) a car horn (c) a frog
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) horse (c) stable
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quack (b) yellow (c) chair
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) slurp (c) yellow
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) drip (c) chirp

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