Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 560 · 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.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a duck (b) a balloon (c) a clock
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) window (c) green
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) drip (c) dark
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) hoot (b) pop (c) baa
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) wind (c) whoosh
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) knock (b) pencil (c) teacher
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) garden (c) quickly
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) pool (c) children
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) roar (b) mighty (c) lion
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) baa (c) click
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) croak (b) moo (c) meow
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) pop (b) hiss (c) neigh
13. 13.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a camera (b) a snake (c) a lion
14. 14.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a car horn (b) the wind (c) a noisy drinker
15. 15.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a duck (b) a lion (c) a horse
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) hiss (b) quack (c) pitter-patter
17. 17.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a campfire (b) a sparrow (c) a cat
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) river (c) happy
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) hills (c) thunder
20. 20.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) an owl (b) a steel plate falling (c) a bee
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
22. 22.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a sneeze (b) a duck (c) raindrops
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) moo (c) shed
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) roar (c) quickly
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) party (b) camera (c) click
26. 26.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) a pair of scissors (c) a snake
27. 27.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a microwave (c) a noisy drinker
28. 28.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) thunder (b) a motorbike (c) a lion
29. 29.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a rooster (b) a doorbell (c) a sparrow
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) clang (c) achoo
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) achoo (c) chair
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) clang (b) plate (c) stone
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) sparrows (c) chirp
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) meow (b) night (c) cat
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) river (c) slurp
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) snake (c) angry
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) snip (c) thread
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) drip (b) happy (c) kind
39. 39.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a sparrow (b) a bee (c) a car horn
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) boom (c) honk

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