Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 47 · 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) gentle (b) tall (c) splash
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) puppy (b) woof (c) gate
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) lion (b) mighty (c) roar
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) green (c) hiss
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) floor (b) thud (c) bag
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) vroom (c) clang
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The camera went click at the party.” (a) camera (b) party (c) click
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
11. 11.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a cow (b) a heavy bag falling (c) the wind
12. 12.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a car horn (b) a lion (c) a crisp papad
13. 13.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) an owl (b) a rooster (c) a cat
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) neigh (b) click (c) snip
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) baa (c) teacher
17. 17.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a camera (c) a cow
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) slurp (c) mango
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) drip (c) meow
20. 20.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a visitor at the door (c) a motorbike
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) whoosh (c) river
22. 22.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a horse (b) a crisp papad (c) a sparrow
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) gentle (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) tall (c) garden
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) hiss (b) moo (c) meow
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) pool (b) children (c) splash
27. 27.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) a dog (c) a pair of scissors
28. 28.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a duck (b) a campfire (c) a jump into a pool
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) click (b) slowly (c) yellow
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) thud (b) oink (c) vroom
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) chair (c) roar
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) kind (c) beep
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) woof (b) neigh (c) ding-dong
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) pitter-patter (c) pop
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) tick-tock (b) moo (c) hiss
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) snip (b) drip (c) moo
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) sizzle (b) snip (c) whoosh
39. 39.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) an owl (b) a rooster (c) pakoras in hot oil
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) teacher (c) pencil

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