Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 381 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) buzz (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) drip
2. 2.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a bee (b) a frog (c) a duck
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) woof (b) boom (c) knock
4. 4.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a frog (c) a campfire
5. 5.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a doorbell (c) a leaking tap
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pop (b) oink (c) sizzle
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) pool (b) children (c) splash
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) yellow (c) croak
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) frogs (c) croak
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
11. 11.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a dog (c) a car horn
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) whoosh (c) honk
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) oink (b) crunch (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) slurp (c) yellow
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) woof (c) tall
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) kind (c) tick-tock
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) quickly (c) happy
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) thud (b) sizzle (c) splash
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) quack (b) buzz (c) baa
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) floor (c) thud
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) pakoras (c) oil
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) beep (c) tall
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) kind (c) crackle
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) achoo (b) woof (c) ding-dong
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) scissors (c) thread
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) mango (c) splash
27. 27.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a campfire (b) a noisy drinker (c) a motorbike
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) teacher (c) drip
29. 29.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) an owl (b) a doorbell (c) a pig
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quack (b) green (c) mango
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) pencil (c) baa
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) ding-dong (c) noon
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
35. 35.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) an owl (c) a dog
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) baa (c) lamb
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) vroom (b) boom (c) baa
38. 38.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a rooster (b) a doorbell (c) a pig
39. 39.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) thunder (c) a lion
40. 40.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a lion (b) raindrops (c) a duck

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