Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 18 · 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 word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) chirp (c) yellow
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) neigh (b) oink (c) click
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) beep (c) boom
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) drip (c) dark
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) gentle (c) roar
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) croak
8. 8.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) a pair of scissors (c) a sparrow
9. 9.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a car horn (c) a leaking tap
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) yellow (c) whoosh
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) pitter-patter (c) slowly
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) ding-dong (c) crackle
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) quickly (c) knock
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) roar (b) achoo (c) thud
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) gentle (c) mango
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) garden (c) pop
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) puppy (c) woof
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) kind (c) thud
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) kind (c) moo
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) roar (b) ding-dong (c) drip
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) hoot (b) beep (c) hiss
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) chair (c) baa
24. 24.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a sparrow (b) a sheep (c) a lion
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) hall (b) clock (c) tick-tock
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) click (b) hoot (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
27. 27.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a microwave (b) a jump into a pool (c) an owl
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) splash (b) whoosh (c) woof
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
30. 30.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a car horn (b) an owl (c) a pair of scissors
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) pencil (c) tall
32. 32.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a pig (b) a visitor at the door (c) a clock
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) plate (c) clang
34. 34.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a sparrow (b) a camera (c) a pair of scissors
35. 35.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a horse (b) a pair of scissors (c) a steel plate falling
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) ducks (c) quack
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) crunch (b) meow (c) boom
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) slurp (b) snip (c) sizzle
39. 39.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a motorbike (b) a pig (c) a doorbell
40. 40.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a microwave (b) a pair of scissors (c) a leaking tap

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