Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 476 · 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) mango (b) river (c) knock
2. 2.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a snake (b) a car horn (c) a pair of scissors
3. 3.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a microwave (c) a balloon
4. 4.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a clock (b) a sparrow (c) a dog
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) lassi (c) drank
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) sizzle (b) snip (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) quickly (c) slurp
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) oink (c) table
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) snip (b) drip (c) achoo
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) beep (b) snip (c) clang
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) roar (b) woof (c) drip
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) vroom (b) meow (c) woof
13. 13.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a microwave (b) a campfire (c) a sheep
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) slowly (c) hiss
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) quack
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) boom (c) hills
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
18. 18.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
19. 19.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) an owl (b) a visitor at the door (c) raindrops
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) window (c) whoosh
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) green
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) quickly (c) river
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) muddy (c) pigs
25. 25.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a sparrow (c) a noisy drinker
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) river (c) tick-tock
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) trees (c) wind
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) ding-dong (c) honk
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) knock (b) sizzle (c) boom
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) hoot (b) crackle (c) crunch
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) achoo (b) pitter-patter (c) whoosh
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) hall (b) clock (c) tick-tock
34. 34.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a sparrow (c) a clock
35. 35.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) raindrops (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a sneeze
36. 36.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) the wind (c) a dog
37. 37.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a doorbell (b) the wind (c) a cow
38. 38.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a lion (c) a cat
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) oil (c) pakoras
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) buzz (c) chair

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