Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 516 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) hiss (b) whoosh (c) meow
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) slowly (c) quack
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) slurp (c) lassi
4. 4.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) a campfire (c) a snake
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) hoot (c) green
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) kind (c) achoo
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) crunch (b) clang (c) snip
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) snip (b) moo (c) slurp
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) quack (b) moo (c) boom
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) pop (c) happy
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) baa (b) tick-tock (c) croak
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) achoo (b) pitter-patter (c) meow
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) baa (c) kind
14. 14.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) the wind (b) a dog (c) a sparrow
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) hoot (b) vroom (c) sizzle
17. 17.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a camera (b) a cow (c) a clock
18. 18.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a campfire (c) a noisy drinker
19. 19.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a rooster (b) a clock (c) a pig
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) camera (b) click (c) party
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) chair (c) mango
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) chirp (c) sparrows
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) green (c) roar
24. 24.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a sheep (c) a camera
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) kind (c) whoosh
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) slowly (c) boom
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) beep (c) garden
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) hiss (c) sizzle
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) wind (c) whoosh
30. 30.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a jump into a pool (c) thunder
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) tall (c) pencil
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) sizzle (c) slowly
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
35. 35.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a duck (b) raindrops (c) a dog
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) pencil (c) tick-tock
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) vroom (b) snip (c) ding-dong
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) kind (c) slurp
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) pop (b) woof (c) ding-dong
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) drip (c) boom

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