Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 324 · 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 is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) logs (c) crackle
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) mango (c) click
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) road (c) motorbike
4. 4.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a sneeze (c) a lion
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) river (c) baa
6. 6.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a cow (c) a leaking tap
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) knock (c) slowly
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) slowly (c) crackle
9. 9.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a dog (b) a cat (c) a steel plate falling
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) floor (c) bag
11. 11.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) raindrops (b) a cat (c) a lion
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) woof (c) tall
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) front (b) door (c) knock
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) tree (c) owl
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) chirp (b) sparrows (c) window
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) hoot (b) beep (c) chirp
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) thud (b) tall (c) happy
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) slowly (c) gentle
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) plate (c) clang
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) bees (c) flowers
23. 23.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a rooster (c) a microwave
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) snip (c) hoot
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) neigh (c) river
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) frogs (c) croak
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hoot (b) mango (c) table
28. 28.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) an owl (b) the wind (c) a crisp papad
29. 29.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a jump into a pool (c) a cow
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) happy (c) hiss
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) kind (c) croak
32. 32.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) thunder (b) a motorbike (c) an owl
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) quack (c) window
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) pitter-patter (c) mango
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) drip (c) river
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) lamb (c) baa
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) thread (c) snip
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) achoo (c) moo
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) moo (c) river

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