Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 555 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) quack (b) drip (c) ding-dong
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) ding-dong (b) gentle (c) garden
4. 4.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a rooster (b) a lion (c) a pair of scissors
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) hoot (b) clang (c) baa
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) vroom (b) buzz (c) crackle
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) quickly (c) chair
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
9. 9.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a sheep (b) a rooster (c) a campfire
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) snip (b) crunch (c) neigh
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) hiss (c) slowly
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) green (c) boom
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) flowers (b) buzz (c) bees
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) tick-tock (b) hiss (c) boom
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) woof (b) hoot (c) crackle
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) noon (b) doorbell (c) ding-dong
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) buzz (b) tick-tock (c) beep
18. 18.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a lion (b) thunder (c) a snake
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) drip (c) tap
20. 20.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a motorbike (c) a visitor at the door
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) splash (b) slurp (c) achoo
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) croak (c) oink
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 “pitter-patter”? (a) a doorbell (b) raindrops (c) a dog
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) snake (c) angry
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
27. 27.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a bee (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a jump into a pool
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) baa (b) garden (c) window
30. 30.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a bee (b) a rooster (c) a dog
31. 31.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a horse (b) a clock (c) a doorbell
32. 32.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) thunder (b) a noisy drinker (c) a frog
33. 33.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) the wind (b) a frog (c) a visitor at the door
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) kind (c) table
36. 36.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a lion (c) a dog
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) puppy (b) woof (c) gate
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) hiss (b) buzz (c) clang
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack

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