Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 685 · 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 “pitter-patter”? (a) raindrops (b) a pig (c) a rooster
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) meow (b) chirp (c) roar
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crunch (b) papad (c) crisp
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) tall (c) achoo
5. 5.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a campfire (b) a dog (c) a leaking tap
6. 6.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a noisy drinker (c) a rooster
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) oink (b) moo (c) vroom
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) cat (c) meow
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) whoosh (c) trees
11. 11.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a rooster (b) a steel plate falling (c) pakoras in hot oil
12. 12.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a motorbike (b) a camera (c) a clock
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) croak (c) moo
14. 14.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a balloon (b) a pig (c) a duck
15. 15.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) thunder (b) a crisp papad (c) a campfire
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) chirp (c) window
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) meow (b) boom (c) slurp
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) drip (b) roar (c) croak
20. 20.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a sneeze (c) a horse
21. 21.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a lion (b) a cow (c) a camera
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) neigh (c) horse
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) slurp (b) beep (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) meow (b) achoo (c) crackle
25. 25.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a sparrow (b) a snake (c) a horse
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) sizzle (c) pakoras
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) green (c) slowly
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) pop (c) slowly
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) whoosh (c) river
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) yellow (c) kind
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pop (b) vroom (c) oink
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) clang (b) gentle (c) window
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) tree (c) owl
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) chirp (c) garden
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) pond (c) quack
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) woof (b) crackle (c) whoosh
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) hiss
38. 38.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a jump into a pool (c) a camera
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) bees (c) flowers
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) knock (b) kind (c) happy

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