Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 369 · 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) garden (b) river (c) croak
2. 2.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a sheep (b) a duck (c) a heavy bag falling
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) ding-dong (b) slurp (c) roar
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) pop (c) chirp
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) boom (b) whoosh (c) vroom
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) yellow (c) teacher
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) tall (c) chair
8. 8.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a balloon (b) a cat (c) a noisy drinker
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) pitter-patter (b) crunch (c) snip
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) knock (b) drip (c) boom
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) raindrops (c) pitter-patter
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) cow (c) moo
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) tall (c) neigh
14. 14.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) raindrops (b) a camera (c) a motorbike
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) knock (b) meow (c) crackle
16. 16.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a car horn (c) a crisp papad
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) neigh (b) hoot (c) crackle
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) click (b) camera (c) party
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) wind (c) trees
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) quack (c) boom
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) woof (b) gate (c) puppy
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) buzz (b) neigh (c) hoot
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) oink (c) honk
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) slurp (c) drank
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) snip (c) kind
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) neigh (b) ding-dong (c) crunch
27. 27.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a sparrow (c) a camera
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) splash (b) croak (c) honk
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) garden (c) ding-dong
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) buzz (b) moo (c) whoosh
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) whoosh (c) garden
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) kind (c) meow
33. 33.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a visitor at the door (c) a sheep
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) window (c) hiss
35. 35.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a snake (c) a leaking tap
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) hiss (c) angry
37. 37.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a campfire (c) a clock
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) owl (c) tree
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) table (c) sizzle

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