Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 506 · 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 pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) sizzle (c) oil
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) whoosh (c) hoot
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) achoo (b) garden (c) yellow
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) knock (c) quickly
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) achoo (b) room (c) dusty
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) ding-dong (b) noon (c) doorbell
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) click (b) moo (c) quack
8. 8.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a camera (b) a car horn (c) a noisy drinker
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) gentle (c) buzz
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) boom (b) beep (c) splash
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) hoot (c) owl
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) moo (c) river
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) garden (c) happy
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) gentle (c) pencil
15. 15.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a cat (b) a jump into a pool (c) a frog
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) quickly (c) kind
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) knock (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) crackle
18. 18.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a microwave (b) a cow (c) a frog
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) whoosh (b) neigh (c) croak
20. 20.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) the wind (c) a horse
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) window (c) happy
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) whoosh (b) tick-tock (c) sizzle
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) hiss (b) vroom (c) oink
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) party (b) click (c) camera
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
26. 26.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) thunder (b) an owl (c) a steel plate falling
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) achoo (b) hiss (c) chirp
28. 28.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a balloon (b) a visitor at the door (c) an owl
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) mango (c) window
30. 30.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a balloon (b) a frog (c) a lion
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) achoo (b) slurp (c) tick-tock
32. 32.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a motorbike (c) a cow
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) garden (c) neigh
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) thread (c) snip
35. 35.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) thunder (b) a crisp papad (c) a sneeze
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) cat (b) night (c) meow
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) yellow (c) quack
38. 38.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) thunder (b) a dog (c) a sparrow
39. 39.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) an owl (b) a cow (c) a snake
40. 40.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a lion (c) a dog

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