Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 366 · 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) pencil (b) splash (c) table
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) tall (c) table
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) river (c) crackle
4. 4.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a bee (c) a motorbike
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) yellow (c) pitter-patter
6. 6.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a cat (b) a rooster (c) raindrops
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) slurp (b) click (c) ding-dong
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) yellow (c) thud
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) tick-tock (b) quack (c) ding-dong
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) window (c) boom
11. 11.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a crisp papad (c) a heavy bag falling
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) street (b) honk (c) taxis
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) table (c) happy
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) vroom (c) road
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) tap (c) dark
16. 16.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a crisp papad (c) a balloon
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) angry (b) snake (c) hiss
18. 18.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a duck (b) a snake (c) a cow
19. 19.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a duck (c) a heavy bag falling
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) burst (c) pop
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) pop (c) moo
22. 22.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a bee (b) a crisp papad (c) a sheep
23. 23.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) the wind (b) a bee (c) a frog
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) frogs (c) croak
25. 25.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
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) crackle (c) quack
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) moo (b) roar (c) beep
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) roar (b) vroom (c) drip
29. 29.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a frog (c) a snake
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) trees (c) wind
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) pitter-patter (c) roof
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) drank (c) lassi
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) pakoras (c) oil
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) ding-dong (b) snip (c) crunch
35. 35.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a campfire (b) a noisy drinker (c) a snake
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) chirp (b) thud (c) sizzle
37. 37.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) the wind (b) a jump into a pool (c) pakoras in hot oil
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crunch (b) papad (c) crisp
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) oink (c) happy
40. 40.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a pig (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a lion

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