Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 598 · 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 “neigh”? (a) a duck (b) a horse (c) a crisp papad
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) green (c) tick-tock
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) quack (b) buzz (c) beep
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) tall (c) river
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) chirp (b) buzz (c) hoot
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) mango
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) boom (b) chirp (c) tick-tock
10. 10.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a snake (b) a pig (c) a cat
11. 11.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a crisp papad (c) a bee
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) knock (b) quack (c) thud
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) meow (c) buzz
14. 14.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a frog (c) a microwave
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) moo (b) achoo (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) hiss (c) chair
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) horse (c) neigh
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) ding-dong (b) vroom (c) clang
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) beep (b) crunch (c) moo
20. 20.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a duck (c) the wind
21. 21.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a duck (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a campfire
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) click (c) green
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) crackle (c) logs
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) achoo (b) click (c) slurp
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) mango (c) yellow
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) crackle (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) ding-dong (b) chair (c) kind
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) green (c) drip
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) boom (b) croak (c) crackle
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) front (b) knock (c) door
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) thud (c) floor
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) knock (b) happy (c) yellow
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) tap (c) dark
35. 35.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a cow (c) a steel plate falling
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) croak (c) teacher
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) street (b) taxis (c) honk
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) pitter-patter (c) raindrops
39. 39.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a rooster (c) a campfire
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) beep (b) snip (c) moo

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