Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 358 · 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) mango (b) honk (c) gentle
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) slurp (b) meow (c) ding-dong
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) sizzle (b) splash (c) quack
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) vroom (c) road
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) roar (c) croak
6. 6.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a sneeze (c) a campfire
7. 7.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a camera (c) thunder
8. 8.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a steel plate falling (c) a sheep
9. 9.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a leaking tap (b) the wind (c) a campfire
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) crackle (c) green
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) yellow (c) river
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) tap (c) dark
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) logs (c) dry
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) whoosh (b) croak (c) chirp
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) table (c) sizzle
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) honk (b) buzz (c) clang
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) drip (b) river (c) table
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) front (c) door
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) ding-dong (b) hiss (c) thud
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crunch (b) crisp (c) papad
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) chirp (c) mango
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) moo (c) gentle
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) kind (c) table
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) pop (c) burst
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) whoosh (c) yellow
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) neigh (c) teacher
27. 27.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a pig (b) a frog (c) a cow
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) hoot (c) mango
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) slurp (c) green
30. 30.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a lion (b) a sheep (c) a rooster
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) floor (c) bag
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) frogs (c) croak
33. 33.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a rooster (b) an owl (c) a sneeze
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) baa (b) click (c) quack
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) neigh (b) drip (c) achoo
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) oink (b) vroom (c) knock
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) woof (b) puppy (c) gate
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) garden (c) beep
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) roar (b) sizzle (c) whoosh

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