Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 545 · 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) river (b) croak (c) happy
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) burst (c) pop
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) thud (b) whoosh (c) achoo
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) drip (b) pitter-patter (c) quack
6. 6.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a sparrow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a crisp papad
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) honk (b) roar (c) sizzle
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) teacher (c) chirp
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) whoosh (c) table
10. 10.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a sheep (b) a crisp papad (c) a horse
11. 11.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) thunder (b) a motorbike (c) a bee
12. 12.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) thunder (b) a visitor at the door (c) a dog
13. 13.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a microwave (b) a jump into a pool (c) pakoras in hot oil
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) quack (c) quickly
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) slurp (c) baa
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
17. 17.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a balloon (b) a visitor at the door (c) a leaking tap
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) roar (c) yellow
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) achoo (b) dusty (c) room
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) drip (b) meow (c) neigh
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) monsoon (c) croak
24. 24.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a pig (b) a motorbike (c) thunder
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) quack (c) oink
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) chirp (b) crunch (c) knock
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) ding-dong (b) hoot (c) pitter-patter
29. 29.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) the wind (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a dog
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) drip (b) croak (c) boom
31. 31.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a doorbell (c) a steel plate falling
32. 32.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a noisy drinker (c) a microwave
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) floor (c) bag
34. 34.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) an owl (b) a frog (c) a rooster
35. 35.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a lion (b) a balloon (c) a duck
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) tree (c) owl
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) knock (b) crackle (c) snip
38. 38.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) the wind
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) mango (c) vroom
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) happy (c) splash

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