Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 514 · 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 microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) microwave (b) beep (c) milk
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) meow (c) window
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) cat (b) night (c) meow
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) plate (c) clang
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) moo (c) shed
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) boom (c) green
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) trees (c) whoosh
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) quickly (c) oink
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) drip (b) ding-dong (c) neigh
10. 10.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a motorbike (b) thunder (c) a duck
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) owl (c) tree
12. 12.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) an owl (c) a cat
13. 13.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a camera (c) a microwave
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) river (c) snip
15. 15.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a camera (b) a leaking tap (c) the wind
16. 16.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a camera (b) a cow (c) a heavy bag falling
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) river (c) croak
18. 18.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a sparrow (b) a rooster (c) a cow
19. 19.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a frog (b) a clock (c) a visitor at the door
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) kind (c) green
21. 21.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) thunder (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a motorbike
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) motorbike (c) vroom
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) roar (c) gentle
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) tick-tock (c) window
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
26. 26.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
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crunch (b) table (c) window
28. 28.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a horse (b) a bee (c) pakoras in hot oil
29. 29.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a clock (b) a sneeze (c) a cow
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) roof (c) pitter-patter
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) moo (b) pop (c) buzz
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) quack (b) croak (c) roar
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) clang (c) river
34. 34.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a cow (b) a snake (c) a noisy drinker
35. 35.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a camera (c) a rooster
36. 36.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a car horn (c) a cow
37. 37.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) a lion (c) a horse
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) quack (c) hoot
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) window (c) tall
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash

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