Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 326 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) chirp (c) crunch
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) achoo (c) teacher
3. 3.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) a lion (c) a bee
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) yellow (c) baa
5. 5.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a rooster (c) a camera
6. 6.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a sneeze (c) a jump into a pool
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) quack (c) chair
8. 8.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a campfire (b) a duck (c) a frog
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) chirp (c) kind
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) buzz (c) kind
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) splash (c) achoo
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) drip (c) crackle
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) whoosh (c) trees
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) neigh (b) knock (c) croak
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) lamb (c) baa
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) knock (c) beep
17. 17.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) an owl (c) a balloon
18. 18.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a cat (b) a crisp papad (c) a lion
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) sizzle (c) teacher
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) click (b) splash (c) slurp
21. 21.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a rooster (b) a bee (c) a clock
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) mighty (b) roar (c) lion
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) croak (c) window
24. 24.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) the wind (b) a motorbike (c) a jump into a pool
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) chair (c) clang
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) beep (b) achoo (c) roar
27. 27.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a rooster (c) a sparrow
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) tick-tock (c) roar
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) owl (c) hoot
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) pitter-patter (c) roof
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) slurp (c) window
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) yellow (c) crackle
33. 33.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a steel plate falling (c) an owl
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) woof (c) puppy
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) chair (c) neigh
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) bees (c) flowers
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) hoot (b) click (c) sizzle
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) green (c) boom
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) slowly (c) vroom
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) slurp (c) drank

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