Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 22 · 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) roar (c) garden
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) gentle (c) kind
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) owl (c) tree
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) snip (c) river
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) oink (c) muddy
6. 6.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a motorbike (b) a bee (c) a campfire
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) moo (c) happy
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) neigh (b) sizzle (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) sizzle (c) hoot
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) kind (c) chair
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) pitter-patter (c) happy
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) meow (c) cat
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) milk (b) beep (c) microwave
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) tick-tock (b) roar (c) honk
16. 16.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a clock (b) an owl (c) a car horn
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) teacher (c) river
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) logs (c) dry
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) kind (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) mango (c) beep
21. 21.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a pig (b) a microwave (c) a steel plate falling
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
23. 23.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) raindrops (b) a snake (c) a horse
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) dawn (c) rooster
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) river (c) thud
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crunch (b) crisp (c) papad
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) flowers (b) buzz (c) bees
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) vroom (c) roar
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) quack (c) tall
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) honk (b) hoot (c) baa
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) drip (b) happy (c) table
33. 33.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) raindrops (b) a clock (c) a snake
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) quack (b) roar (c) crunch
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) knock (c) slowly
36. 36.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a sheep (c) a lion
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) knock (b) boom (c) slurp
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) moo (c) click
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) pitter-patter (b) honk (c) hiss
40. 40.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a doorbell (c) a cat

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