Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 330 · 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 motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
2. 2.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a rooster (b) a cat (c) a car horn
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) splash (b) moo (c) hoot
4. 4.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a sparrow (b) a horse (c) a cat
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) woof (b) whoosh (c) roar
6. 6.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a doorbell (b) a leaking tap (c) a crisp papad
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) boom (c) quickly
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) woof (b) vroom (c) buzz
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) achoo (b) vroom (c) roar
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) garden (c) chirp
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) burst (b) pop (c) balloon
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
13. 13.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a visitor at the door (c) a campfire
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) frogs (c) monsoon
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) beep (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) oink
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) beep (b) snip (c) crackle
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) drip (b) sizzle (c) roar
18. 18.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a sneeze (c) a pig
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) pencil (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) splash (b) pop (c) moo
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) kind (c) mango
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) woof (b) puppy (c) gate
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) chair (c) hiss
25. 25.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a lion (c) the wind
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) snake (c) angry
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) garden (c) woof
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) clang (c) stone
29. 29.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a cow (c) a pair of scissors
30. 30.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a rooster (b) a duck (c) pakoras in hot oil
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) shed (c) moo
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) hoot (c) window
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) garden (c) chair
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) thunder (c) boom
35. 35.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a campfire (c) the wind
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) clang (b) click (c) tick-tock
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) chair (c) kind
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) chirp (c) window
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) knock (b) mango (c) green

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