Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 661 · 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 “vroom”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a lion (c) a motorbike
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) chirp (c) table
3. 3.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a balloon (b) a dog (c) a snake
4. 4.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a snake (b) a duck (c) a sheep
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) quickly (c) hoot
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) sizzle (b) woof (c) knock
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) slurp (c) tick-tock
8. 8.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a doorbell (b) an owl (c) a cat
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) neigh (b) honk (c) hiss
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) plate (c) clang
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) happy (c) meow
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) yellow (c) happy
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) green (c) boom
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) sizzle (b) pitter-patter (c) knock
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) croak (b) frogs (c) monsoon
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) buzz (c) teacher
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) hoot (c) tree
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) kind (c) croak
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) garden (c) slurp
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) quickly (c) baa
23. 23.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a rooster (b) a doorbell (c) a crisp papad
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) thread (c) scissors
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) meow (b) woof (c) crunch
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) clang (b) drip (c) snip
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) pop (c) mango
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) pitter-patter (c) raindrops
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) mango (c) ding-dong
31. 31.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a frog (c) a clock
32. 32.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a frog (c) a bee
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) woof (b) snip (c) boom
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) room (b) dusty (c) achoo
35. 35.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a sparrow (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a clock
36. 36.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) an owl (b) a noisy drinker (c) a horse
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) bees (b) flowers (c) buzz
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) pitter-patter (c) green
39. 39.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a snake (b) a pig (c) a dog
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) chirp (c) meow

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