Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 520 · 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?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) drank (c) slurp
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) tall (c) mango
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chirp (b) green (c) slowly
4. 4.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
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) ding-dong (b) pitter-patter (c) thud
6. 6.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a lion (b) a horse (c) a motorbike
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) click (c) snip
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) table (c) meow
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) achoo (b) knock (c) woof
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) dusty (b) achoo (c) room
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) crackle (c) logs
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) knock (b) vroom (c) roar
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack
14. 14.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a crisp papad (b) thunder (c) a sheep
15. 15.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a motorbike (b) a duck (c) a car horn
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) tall (c) tick-tock
17. 17.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a dog (b) a sheep (c) a bee
18. 18.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a cow (b) a steel plate falling (c) a car horn
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) hiss (b) splash (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) slurp (b) tick-tock (c) sizzle
21. 21.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a cat (b) a noisy drinker (c) a jump into a pool
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) pool (c) children
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) noon (c) ding-dong
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) pitter-patter (c) raindrops
25. 25.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a doorbell (c) raindrops
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) sizzle (c) pakoras
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) pencil (c) garden
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) happy (c) snip
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) splash (b) drip (c) achoo
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) moo (c) pop
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) camera (b) click (c) party
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) moo (b) green (c) mango
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) yellow (c) pencil
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) chirp (c) neigh
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) oink (b) crackle (c) hiss
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) street (c) taxis
37. 37.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a microwave (c) a lion
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) bees (b) flowers (c) buzz
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) baa (c) croak
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) monsoon (c) frogs

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