Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 529 · 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?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) front (c) door
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) beep (b) crunch (c) quack
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) whoosh (b) pop (c) click
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) hoot (b) splash (c) tick-tock
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) beep (c) mango
8. 8.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a cat (c) a lion
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) window (c) sizzle
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) stable (c) horse
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) noon (b) doorbell (c) ding-dong
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) knock (b) snip (c) croak
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) green (c) achoo
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) garden (c) pencil
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) ding-dong (b) crunch (c) neigh
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) floor (c) bag
17. 17.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a doorbell (b) a car horn (c) a sparrow
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) hiss (b) pitter-patter (c) meow
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) hoot (b) splash (c) vroom
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pop (b) pencil (c) mango
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) hoot (c) tree
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) ding-dong (b) pencil (c) green
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) knock (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) snip (b) beep (c) crunch
25. 25.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) thunder (b) a sheep (c) a car horn
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) river (c) meow
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) gentle (c) slurp
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) table (c) river
29. 29.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a cat (b) the wind (c) a duck
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) window (c) woof
31. 31.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a horse (b) a balloon (c) a camera
32. 32.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) thunder (b) a frog (c) a car horn
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) crunch (b) hiss (c) chirp
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) click (b) pitter-patter (c) moo
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chirp (b) tall (c) slowly
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) green (c) thud
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) hiss (c) slowly
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) crunch (b) honk (c) quack
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) boom (c) thunder

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