Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 549 · 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) quack (b) garden (c) yellow
2. 2.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a clock (b) a sheep (c) a leaking tap
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) clang (b) hoot (c) woof
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) clang (b) beep (c) snip
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) chirp (b) hiss (c) moo
6. 6.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a cow (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a car horn
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) ding-dong (b) buzz (c) drip
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) whoosh (b) crunch (c) hoot
9. 9.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) thunder (b) a cow (c) a leaking tap
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) yellow (c) baa
11. 11.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a snake (c) a steel plate falling
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) teacher (c) pencil
13. 13.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a horse (b) a sparrow (c) a lion
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) happy (c) river
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) vroom (b) quack (c) pop
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) yellow (c) click
17. 17.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a cat (b) a car horn (c) a snake
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) knock (c) quack
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) pitter-patter (b) chirp (c) ding-dong
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) achoo (b) sizzle (c) meow
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) beep (b) moo (c) buzz
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) whoosh (c) tall
23. 23.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a clock (c) a sparrow
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) splash (b) pencil (c) green
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) quack (b) crackle (c) crunch
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) raindrops (c) pitter-patter
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) sizzle (c) oil
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) moo (c) splash
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) papad (c) crunch
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) river (c) neigh
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) kind (c) moo
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) happy (c) gentle
33. 33.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a motorbike (b) a duck (c) a horse
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) croak (b) moo (c) whoosh
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) kind (c) chair
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) stable (c) neigh
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) lamb (b) soft (c) baa
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) hiss (c) oink
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) moo (c) shed
40. 40.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a sneeze (c) a frog

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