Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 554 · 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) pencil (b) chair (c) honk
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) moo (b) honk (c) sizzle
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) oink (b) roar (c) woof
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) hoot (b) buzz (c) achoo
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) slowly (c) pop
6. 6.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) thunder (c) a motorbike
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) muddy (c) pigs
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) click (b) hoot (c) oink
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) splash (b) meow (c) baa
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crunch (c) crisp
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) pitter-patter (b) meow (c) thud
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) hiss (b) croak (c) moo
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) tree (c) owl
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) noon (c) ding-dong
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) vroom (c) road
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) hiss (c) woof
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) yellow (c) oink
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) pop (b) roar (c) hoot
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) slowly (c) mango
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) stable (c) neigh
21. 21.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) the wind (b) raindrops (c) a frog
22. 22.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a pig (b) thunder (c) a steel plate falling
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) hoot (b) crunch (c) snip
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) moo (b) pencil (c) teacher
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) river (c) baa
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) thud (c) floor
27. 27.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a noisy drinker (c) a duck
28. 28.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a lion (b) a cat (c) a sparrow
29. 29.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a pair of scissors (c) a campfire
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) slurp (c) drank
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) chirp (c) slurp
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) roar (b) lion (c) mighty
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) woof (b) hoot (c) moo
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) kind (c) click
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) happy (c) woof
38. 38.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a car horn (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a cat
39. 39.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a leaking tap (c) thunder
40. 40.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a lion (c) a car horn

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