Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 647 · 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 “chirp”? (a) a horse (b) a sneeze (c) a sparrow
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) achoo (b) tick-tock (c) meow
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) raindrops (c) pitter-patter
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) green (c) drip
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
7. 7.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a clock (b) a sparrow (c) a duck
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) kind (c) meow
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) window (c) garden
10. 10.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a duck (c) raindrops
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) click (c) green
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) hiss (c) happy
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) slurp (c) honk
14. 14.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a car horn (b) raindrops (c) a pair of scissors
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) table (c) quack
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) thud (b) pitter-patter (c) hiss
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) hoot (b) neigh (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) teacher (c) boom
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) honk (c) oink
21. 21.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a lion (b) the wind (c) a cow
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) crunch (b) drip (c) quack
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) ding-dong (c) pop
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) river (c) honk
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) dawn (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) moo (c) oink
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) croak (c) gentle
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) buzz (c) kind
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) chair (c) happy
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) achoo (c) baa
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) drip (c) dark
32. 32.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a duck (b) a cow (c) raindrops
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) baa (b) lamb (c) soft
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
35. 35.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a car horn (c) thunder
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) splash (c) pool
37. 37.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a microwave (c) an owl
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) ding-dong (b) achoo (c) buzz
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) moo (b) roar (c) woof
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) yellow (c) garden

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