Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 646 · 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 is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) oil (c) pakoras
2. 2.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a cat (b) a jump into a pool (c) a campfire
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) microwave (b) milk (c) beep
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) hoot (b) chirp (c) ding-dong
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) lassi (b) drank (c) slurp
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) beep (c) pitter-patter
7. 7.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a leaking tap (c) a dog
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) baa (b) chirp (c) neigh
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) hiss (b) crunch (c) croak
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crunch (b) happy (c) mango
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) lamb (c) baa
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) kind (c) ding-dong
14. 14.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a rooster (b) a crisp papad (c) a duck
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) thud (c) kind
16. 16.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a clock (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pig
17. 17.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) raindrops (b) a steel plate falling (c) a duck
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chirp (b) teacher (c) table
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) boom (c) thunder
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) children (c) pool
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) hoot (b) knock (c) neigh
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) slowly (c) neigh
24. 24.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a motorbike (c) a sneeze
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) dry (c) logs
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) sizzle (c) happy
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) beep (b) thud (c) vroom
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) sizzle (b) whoosh (c) drip
29. 29.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a snake (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a cat
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) scissors (c) thread
31. 31.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a bee (b) a motorbike (c) pakoras in hot oil
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) hall (c) clock
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) window (c) roar
34. 34.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a motorbike (c) a doorbell
35. 35.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a frog (b) thunder (c) a sheep
36. 36.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a camera (c) a horse
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) slurp (c) river
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) ding-dong (b) croak (c) hiss
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) click (b) croak (c) clang
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) snip (b) croak (c) buzz

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