Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 696 · 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 word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) chair (c) croak
2. 2.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) raindrops (b) a duck (c) a camera
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) chirp (c) click
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) window (c) moo
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) clang (b) kind (c) green
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) splash (b) quack (c) meow
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) ding-dong (c) noon
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) road (c) motorbike
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) honk (c) river
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) roar (b) mighty (c) lion
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) boom (c) neigh
13. 13.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a sneeze (c) a steel plate falling
14. 14.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a balloon (b) a bee (c) a cow
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) teacher (c) whoosh
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) meow (b) hiss (c) crackle
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) dawn (c) rooster
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pop (b) pencil (c) mango
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) bees (b) flowers (c) buzz
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) meow (b) pitter-patter (c) buzz
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) beep (b) woof (c) thud
22. 22.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a sparrow (b) a clock (c) a frog
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) chair (c) click
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) hoot (c) owl
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) sizzle (c) oil
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) beep (b) achoo (c) quack
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) boom (b) moo (c) croak
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) splash (b) oink (c) clang
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) boom (c) river
30. 30.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a clock (c) a microwave
31. 31.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a rooster (b) a dog (c) a sneeze
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) slowly (c) green
33. 33.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a microwave (c) a dog
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) crackle (b) pop (c) click
35. 35.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a horse (c) a sneeze
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) yellow (c) river
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) buzz (b) crackle (c) quack
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) quack (c) chair
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crunch (c) crisp
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) mango (c) hiss

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