Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 468 · 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.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a dog (b) a crisp papad (c) a steel plate falling
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) quack (b) hoot (c) oink
3. 3.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sheep (b) a frog (c) a sneeze
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) slowly (c) mango
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) honk (b) buzz (c) drip
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) window (c) knock
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) microwave (c) milk
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) sizzle (c) gentle
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) dawn (b) rooster (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) floor (b) bag (c) thud
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) road (c) motorbike
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) quack (b) snip (c) slurp
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) oink (b) crunch (c) sizzle
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) neigh (c) roar
15. 15.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a cow (c) a noisy drinker
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) oil (c) pakoras
17. 17.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) an owl (b) a dog (c) a frog
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) whoosh (b) buzz (c) boom
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) hills (c) thunder
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
21. 21.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a lion (b) a sneeze (c) a duck
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) muddy (c) pigs
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
24. 24.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a balloon (b) a jump into a pool (c) a sparrow
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) beep (c) click
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) quack (c) mango
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) chirp (c) sparrows
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) quack (b) neigh (c) crackle
29. 29.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a campfire (b) a lion (c) a camera
30. 30.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a lion (b) a balloon (c) a car horn
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) slurp (c) tall
32. 32.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a horse (c) an owl
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) boom (b) baa (c) hiss
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) table (c) tick-tock
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) river (c) croak
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) pool (c) children
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) lamb (b) soft (c) baa
38. 38.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a snake (b) a jump into a pool (c) a rooster
39. 39.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a dog (b) a sheep (c) a sneeze
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) ding-dong (b) buzz (c) oink

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