Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 488 · 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 rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) dawn (c) rooster
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) neigh (b) hoot (c) hiss
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) meow (c) chair
4. 4.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a cow (b) a rooster (c) a duck
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) knock (c) front
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) gentle (c) neigh
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) quickly (c) oink
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) sizzle (b) splash (c) vroom
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) tick-tock (c) happy
10. 10.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a dog (c) a visitor at the door
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) road (c) vroom
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) boom (c) thunder
13. 13.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a balloon (b) a clock (c) raindrops
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) whoosh (c) wind
15. 15.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a pig (b) a steel plate falling (c) a sheep
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) splash (c) slowly
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) river (c) slowly
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) monsoon (c) croak
19. 19.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a sneeze (c) a doorbell
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) buzz (c) yellow
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) roar (b) boom (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) slowly (c) crunch
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) bees (c) flowers
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) kind (c) crackle
25. 25.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a frog (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a horse
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) knock (c) teacher
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) garden (c) achoo
28. 28.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a noisy drinker (c) pakoras in hot oil
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) chirp (c) sparrows
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) pop (b) clang (c) neigh
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) ding-dong (c) noon
32. 32.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a microwave (c) a rooster
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) crackle (c) logs
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) vroom (c) mango
35. 35.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) thunder (b) a frog (c) the wind
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) hall (b) tick-tock (c) clock
37. 37.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a leaking tap (c) a pair of scissors
38. 38.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a snake (c) a clock
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) quickly (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
40. 40.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a sheep (b) a leaking tap (c) the wind

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