Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 418 · 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 is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) hall (c) clock
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) neigh (b) buzz (c) pop
3. 3.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a duck (c) a sneeze
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) quack (c) garden
5. 5.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a bee (b) a frog (c) a pig
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) teacher (c) oink
7. 7.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a horse (c) a snake
8. 8.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
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) snip (b) oink (c) hoot
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) chair (c) roar
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) chair (c) hoot
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) table (c) ding-dong
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) pencil (c) yellow
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) woof (b) crunch (c) vroom
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) chirp (b) boom (c) snip
16. 16.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a camera (c) a clock
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) sizzle (c) pakoras
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) chirp (b) knock (c) buzz
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) pencil (c) moo
20. 20.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a bee (b) raindrops (c) a balloon
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) road (c) motorbike
22. 22.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a clock (b) an owl (c) the wind
23. 23.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a camera (b) a leaking tap (c) a steel plate falling
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) achoo (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) knock
25. 25.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a sheep (c) a crisp papad
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) vroom (c) crunch
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) croak (c) frogs
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) quickly (c) tall
31. 31.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a car horn (b) a horse (c) a leaking tap
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) slurp (b) vroom (c) baa
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
34. 34.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a lion (b) a pig (c) a motorbike
35. 35.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a rooster (b) a jump into a pool (c) a cat
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) buzz (c) river
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) teacher (c) yellow
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) woof (b) oink (c) splash
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) slurp (c) drank
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) hiss (b) woof (c) oink

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