Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 191 · 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) kind (b) thud (c) mango
2. 2.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a cat (b) a duck (c) a motorbike
3. 3.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a lion (b) a campfire (c) a horse
4. 4.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a sheep (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a doorbell
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon
6. 6.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a snake (b) an owl (c) a sheep
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) whoosh (c) quickly
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) meow (c) garden
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) clang (c) stone
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) woof (c) gentle
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) splash (c) chair
12. 12.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) raindrops (b) a cow (c) a balloon
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) oink (b) splash (c) meow
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) honk (c) oink
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) pop (b) hoot (c) woof
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) front (b) knock (c) door
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) boom (b) crunch (c) moo
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) meow (b) thud (c) whoosh
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) whoosh (b) meow (c) beep
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) chirp (b) window (c) sparrows
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) table (c) croak
22. 22.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a lion (b) a sheep (c) a bee
23. 23.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a visitor at the door (c) the wind
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) buzz (b) pitter-patter (c) woof
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) moo (c) achoo
26. 26.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) the wind (c) a sheep
27. 27.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a dog (c) the wind
28. 28.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a horse (c) a doorbell
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) rooster (c) dawn
30. 30.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a lion (b) a crisp papad (c) a cow
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) quack (b) knock (c) beep
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) moo (c) whoosh
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) neigh (c) mango
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) logs (c) dry
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) sizzle (c) kind
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crunch (c) crisp
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) achoo (c) honk
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) teacher (c) hoot
39. 39.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a motorbike (b) a rooster (c) a noisy drinker
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) moo (c) hoot

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