Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 522 · 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 word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) chair (c) splash
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) microwave (c) milk
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) honk (c) quickly
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) quack (b) hoot (c) whoosh
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) drip
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) knock (b) vroom (c) pitter-patter
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) woof (c) puppy
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) river (c) crackle
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) hoot (c) tree
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) moo (c) green
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) boom (c) sizzle
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) green (c) teacher
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) clang (b) meow (c) oink
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) quack (c) slowly
16. 16.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a microwave (c) a steel plate falling
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) garden (c) click
18. 18.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a sheep (b) a cow (c) an owl
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) gentle (c) clang
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) oil (c) sizzle
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) honk (b) splash (c) oink
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) neigh (b) achoo (c) boom
23. 23.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) raindrops (c) a steel plate falling
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
25. 25.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a cow (b) a camera (c) a frog
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) happy (c) pop
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) stone (c) clang
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) pencil (c) boom
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) green (c) pitter-patter
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) quack (c) pond
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) neigh (b) crackle (c) beep
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) table (c) green
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) tall (c) garden
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) teacher (c) hiss
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) ding-dong (c) happy
36. 36.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a rooster (c) a crisp papad
37. 37.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) a dog (c) a rooster
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) woof (b) thud (c) moo
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) yellow (c) knock
40. 40.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a cat (c) the wind

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