Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 621 · 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 leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) oink (c) hiss
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) yellow (c) happy
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) chirp (b) window (c) sparrows
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) street (b) honk (c) taxis
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) quickly (c) happy
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) puppy (c) woof
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) beep (c) quickly
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) drip
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) slowly (c) chirp
10. 10.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a camera (b) a bee (c) a clock
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) slowly (c) happy
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) hoot (b) slurp (c) boom
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) tick-tock (c) green
14. 14.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) raindrops (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a noisy drinker
15. 15.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a frog (c) a dog
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) roar (b) croak (c) vroom
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) raindrops (c) pitter-patter
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) slowly (c) sizzle
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) ding-dong (b) quickly (c) green
22. 22.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a doorbell (b) an owl (c) a visitor at the door
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) achoo (b) honk (c) thud
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) snip (c) roar
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) moo (c) green
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) hiss (c) tick-tock
27. 27.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a pig (b) a camera (c) a frog
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) tree (c) hoot
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) boom (b) neigh (c) meow
30. 30.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) raindrops (b) a lion (c) a rooster
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) ding-dong (b) honk (c) clang
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) clang (b) ding-dong (c) whoosh
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) rooster (c) dawn
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) tall (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
35. 35.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a rooster (b) a steel plate falling (c) a clock
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) buzz (b) chirp (c) moo
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) teacher (c) yellow
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) scissors (c) thread
39. 39.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a dog (b) a microwave (c) a frog
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) pencil (c) roar

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