Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 214 · 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) table (b) achoo (c) quickly
2. 2.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a cow (b) a visitor at the door (c) a sneeze
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) woof (c) hiss
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) thud (b) oink (c) slurp
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) green (c) tick-tock
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) beep (b) moo (c) knock
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) garden (c) slurp
8. 8.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a lion (c) a crisp papad
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) hoot (c) crunch
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) chair (c) baa
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) wind (c) whoosh
12. 12.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a visitor at the door (c) a clock
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) beep (c) quickly
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) baa (b) lamb (c) soft
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) achoo (b) meow (c) ding-dong
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) river (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) front (b) knock (c) door
18. 18.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a sneeze (c) a clock
19. 19.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a campfire (b) raindrops (c) a bee
20. 20.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a doorbell (b) a bee (c) a rooster
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) quack (b) thud (c) snip
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) hoot (b) neigh (c) moo
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) teacher (c) happy
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) ding-dong (c) slowly
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) woof (c) window
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) click (b) oink (c) meow
27. 27.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a camera (c) a steel plate falling
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) owl (c) hoot
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) teacher (c) boom
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) dusty (b) achoo (c) room
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) crunch (b) vroom (c) whoosh
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) quack (c) ducks
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) dawn
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) pencil (c) green
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) angry (b) snake (c) hiss
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) beep (b) hoot (c) sizzle
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) camera (b) click (c) party
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) quickly (c) hiss
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) honk (c) chirp
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) oink (b) tick-tock (c) crunch

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