Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 659 · 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 snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) meow (b) buzz (c) hiss
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) drip (c) tap
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) moo (c) ding-dong
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) quickly (c) green
5. 5.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a doorbell (b) a bee (c) the wind
6. 6.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a motorbike (c) a balloon
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) beep (b) pitter-patter (c) ding-dong
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) thud (c) tall
9. 9.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a lion (b) the wind (c) a camera
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) floor (c) thud
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) pitter-patter (b) thud (c) neigh
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) table (c) gentle
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) thread (c) scissors
15. 15.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a doorbell (c) a horse
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) river (c) happy
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) horse (c) neigh
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) oink (c) muddy
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) green (c) tall
20. 20.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a pair of scissors
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) sparrows (c) chirp
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) window (c) crunch
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) owl (c) hoot
25. 25.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a frog (b) a pair of scissors (c) a cow
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) snip (c) buzz
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) baa (b) soft (c) lamb
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) vroom (b) whoosh (c) beep
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
30. 30.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) boom (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) meow
31. 31.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a rooster (b) a pair of scissors (c) an owl
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) vroom (c) motorbike
33. 33.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a sneeze (c) a pig
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) chair (c) oink
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) chirp (b) meow (c) pop
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) clang (b) drip (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) gentle (c) clang
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) honk (c) kind
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) crackle (c) mango
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) cat (b) meow (c) night

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