Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 652 · 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 motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) vroom (c) road
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) baa (c) teacher
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) woof (c) tick-tock
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) gentle (c) hoot
5. 5.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a lion (b) a horse (c) pakoras in hot oil
6. 6.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) an owl (c) a duck
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) puppy (b) woof (c) gate
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) burst (b) pop (c) balloon
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) ducks (c) pond
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) garden (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) tall (c) honk
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) mighty (b) roar (c) lion
14. 14.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a camera (b) a doorbell (c) a bee
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) croak (b) beep (c) meow
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) ding-dong (b) doorbell (c) noon
17. 17.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a cat (c) an owl
18. 18.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a rooster (b) a sparrow (c) a doorbell
19. 19.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a campfire (b) a bee (c) a snake
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) whoosh (c) trees
21. 21.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a pig (b) a sneeze (c) a frog
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) neigh (c) tick-tock
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) oink (c) mango
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) yellow (c) buzz
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) pencil (c) drip
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) click (b) pop (c) drip
27. 27.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a frog (c) a duck
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) teacher (c) quack
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) neigh (b) buzz (c) quack
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) river (c) window
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) sizzle (c) quickly
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) sizzle (c) oil
33. 33.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a dog (c) a pig
34. 34.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a car horn (c) a doorbell
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) hall (c) tick-tock
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) window (c) thud
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) moo (b) crunch (c) thud
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) boom (c) slowly
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) woof (b) moo (c) pitter-patter

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