Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 539 · 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) green (b) tall (c) slurp
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) snip (c) green
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) chirp (b) pop (c) oink
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) pitter-patter (c) roof
5. 5.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a campfire (b) a steel plate falling (c) a snake
6. 6.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pig (b) a pair of scissors (c) a cat
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crunch (b) crisp (c) papad
8. 8.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a crisp papad (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a balloon
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) boom (b) woof (c) roar
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) meow (b) crunch (c) buzz
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) chair (c) teacher
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) crunch (c) window
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) river (c) roar
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quack (b) table (c) gentle
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) pitter-patter (c) vroom
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) green (c) neigh
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) logs (c) dry
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) hiss (b) knock (c) neigh
20. 20.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) an owl (b) raindrops (c) a pig
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) honk (b) hiss (c) snip
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) kind (c) click
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) pitter-patter (b) hoot (c) boom
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) ding-dong (b) vroom (c) sizzle
26. 26.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a rooster (b) a cow (c) thunder
27. 27.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a frog (c) a horse
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) happy (c) chair
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pop (b) table (c) slowly
30. 30.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a noisy drinker (c) a rooster
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) garden (c) window
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) frogs (c) monsoon
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) drip (c) thud
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
35. 35.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a clock (c) a rooster
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) dawn (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) rooster
37. 37.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a noisy drinker (c) a doorbell
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) moo (b) meow (c) oink
39. 39.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a cow (b) a dog (c) a bee
40. 40.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a noisy drinker (c) the wind

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