Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 693 · 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 leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) neigh (c) kind
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) green (c) river
4. 4.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a pig (c) a visitor at the door
5. 5.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) thunder (c) a visitor at the door
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) roar (b) splash (c) moo
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) dawn (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
8. 8.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a camera (b) a campfire (c) a microwave
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) dry (c) logs
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) achoo (c) window
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) crunch (c) papad
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) pop (c) mango
13. 13.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a sparrow (b) a duck (c) a balloon
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) drip (b) oink (c) crackle
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) moo (b) drip (c) crunch
16. 16.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) an owl (b) a jump into a pool (c) a frog
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) hills (c) thunder
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) clock (c) hall
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) thud (b) green (c) pencil
20. 20.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a duck (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a steel plate falling
21. 21.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a frog (b) a sneeze (c) a duck
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) meow (c) quack
23. 23.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a duck (b) thunder (c) a car horn
24. 24.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sheep (b) a car horn (c) a sneeze
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) river (c) green
26. 26.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a noisy drinker (c) a dog
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) garden (c) baa
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) baa (b) snip (c) chirp
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) drip (b) green (c) table
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) stable (c) neigh
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) vroom (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) baa
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) pigs (c) muddy
34. 34.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a lion (b) a horse (c) a sparrow
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) pencil (c) woof
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) crackle (c) knock
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) boom (c) yellow
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) pitter-patter (c) raindrops
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) quickly (c) tick-tock

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