Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 649 · 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 word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) kind (c) table
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) cat (c) meow
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) moo (b) achoo (c) crunch
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
5. 5.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a car horn (b) a frog (c) a doorbell
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) croak (b) pitter-patter (c) sizzle
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) neigh (c) pitter-patter
8. 8.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a jump into a pool (c) a sparrow
9. 9.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a snake (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) raindrops
10. 10.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a motorbike (b) a microwave (c) a doorbell
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) flowers (b) bees (c) buzz
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) green (c) teacher
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) pencil (c) quickly
14. 14.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a noisy drinker (c) a sneeze
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) motorbike (c) vroom
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) clang (b) snip (c) boom
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) clang (b) plate (c) stone
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) click (c) baa
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) river (c) pop
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) thud (b) tick-tock (c) ding-dong
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) quack (b) achoo (c) neigh
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) thunder (c) boom
23. 23.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a frog (c) a campfire
24. 24.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a campfire (b) a rooster (c) a cat
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) dawn
26. 26.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a cat (c) a sheep
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) ding-dong (b) doorbell (c) noon
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) bag (c) floor
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) neigh (c) horse
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) kind (c) vroom
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) woof (c) honk
32. 32.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a duck (c) a doorbell
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) snip (c) mango
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) clang (b) green (c) quickly
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) oil (c) sizzle
37. 37.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) a jump into a pool (c) an owl
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) oink (c) table
39. 39.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a snake (c) an owl
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) happy (c) roar

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