Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 420 · 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 steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) pitter-patter (c) moo
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) woof (c) ding-dong
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) snip (b) croak (c) pitter-patter
4. 4.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a motorbike (c) a camera
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) slurp (c) drank
6. 6.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a microwave (b) a doorbell (c) the wind
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) crackle (b) ding-dong (c) clang
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) whoosh (c) trees
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) yellow (c) honk
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) crackle (b) neigh (c) oink
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) table (c) chair
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) quickly (c) yellow
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) dawn (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chirp (b) river (c) mango
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) pitter-patter (b) slurp (c) neigh
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) green (c) teacher
17. 17.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a doorbell (c) a horse
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) achoo (c) table
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) baa (b) meow (c) pop
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
21. 21.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a doorbell (c) a leaking tap
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) stable (c) neigh
24. 24.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a dog (b) thunder (c) a motorbike
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) pop (c) burst
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) moo (c) teacher
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
28. 28.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a lion (c) a frog
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) oink (b) crunch (c) baa
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) garden (c) boom
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) green (c) clang
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) pop (c) slowly
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) whoosh (b) hiss (c) chirp
35. 35.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a microwave (c) a car horn
36. 36.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a horse (b) a steel plate falling (c) a cow
37. 37.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) the wind (b) a lion (c) a doorbell
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) room (b) dusty (c) achoo
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) baa (b) yellow (c) chair

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