Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 373 · 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) achoo (b) slowly (c) pencil
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) muddy (c) oink
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) chirp (c) buzz
4. 4.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) an owl (b) a sheep (c) a leaking tap
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) boom (c) hills
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) drip (c) river
7. 7.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a camera (b) a rooster (c) a frog
8. 8.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a motorbike (c) a campfire
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) boom (c) river
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) lassi (c) drank
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) bees (b) buzz (c) flowers
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) splash (c) river
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) boom (c) woof
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) whoosh (c) gentle
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) kind (c) crunch
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) woof (b) gate (c) puppy
17. 17.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a balloon (b) a pair of scissors (c) a cat
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) tick-tock (b) woof (c) neigh
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) pop (b) splash (c) oink
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) river (c) vroom
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) front (c) door
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) horse (c) neigh
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) ding-dong (c) noon
24. 24.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a campfire (b) a crisp papad (c) a sheep
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) quickly (c) neigh
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) bag (c) floor
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) sizzle (c) meow
28. 28.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a campfire (b) raindrops (c) a sparrow
29. 29.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a campfire (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) raindrops
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) pop (b) knock (c) baa
31. 31.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a sneeze (b) a clock (c) a visitor at the door
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) baa (c) lamb
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) hoot (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) hall (c) tick-tock
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) clang (c) stone
36. 36.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a sneeze (c) a cat
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) table (c) kind
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) green (c) buzz
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) kind (c) garden
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) roar (b) splash (c) hoot

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