Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 177 · 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 steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) croak (c) clang
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) gentle (c) clang
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) vroom (b) boom (c) buzz
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) honk (b) croak (c) roar
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) achoo (b) gentle (c) happy
6. 6.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a leaking tap (c) a rooster
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) tick-tock (c) garden
8. 8.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a clock (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a cow
9. 9.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a dog (b) a sneeze (c) a horse
10. 10.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a car horn (b) a steel plate falling (c) a frog
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) thread (c) snip
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) buzz (c) river
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) hiss (b) thud (c) ding-dong
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) drank (c) slurp
15. 15.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a microwave (b) a pair of scissors (c) a jump into a pool
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) happy
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) floor (c) thud
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) snip (b) achoo (c) hiss
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) ding-dong (c) beep
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) river (c) kind
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
23. 23.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) a visitor at the door (c) a pair of scissors
24. 24.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a cat (c) a sneeze
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) crackle (b) moo (c) boom
26. 26.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a sneeze (c) a clock
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) happy (c) chirp
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) pop (c) green
30. 30.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a frog (b) an owl (c) a cow
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) boom (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) crunch
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) table (c) baa
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) pop (b) woof (c) quack
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) river (c) yellow
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) crackle (c) pencil
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) microwave (b) beep (c) milk
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) meow (b) splash (c) ding-dong
39. 39.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a microwave (b) a bee (c) a cow
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) gentle (c) knock

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