Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 719 · 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) table (c) honk
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) quickly (c) sizzle
3. 3.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a frog (b) the wind (c) a duck
4. 4.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a snake (c) a lion
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) quack (c) window
6. 6.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a frog (b) a sneeze (c) a pig
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) woof (b) river (c) yellow
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) beep (b) boom (c) snip
9. 9.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) raindrops (b) a leaking tap (c) a car horn
10. 10.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a cow (c) a dog
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) boom (c) yellow
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) chirp (c) tall
13. 13.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a microwave (b) a motorbike (c) a duck
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) chair (c) tick-tock
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) mango (c) table
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) dusty (b) achoo (c) room
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) window (c) hoot
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) splash (c) tall
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) teacher (c) kind
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) river (c) garden
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) cow (c) moo
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) lassi (c) drank
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) meow (b) pitter-patter (c) honk
24. 24.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a lion (c) an owl
25. 25.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a cow (b) a steel plate falling (c) a bee
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) roof (c) pitter-patter
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) thud (c) meow
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) dawn (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) rooster
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) moo (b) splash (c) clang
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) logs (c) dry
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) roar (b) oink (c) buzz
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) knock (c) croak
33. 33.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) raindrops (c) a cow
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) vroom (c) kind
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) milk (c) microwave
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) muddy (c) oink
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) hoot (b) crunch (c) woof
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) snip (c) croak
39. 39.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a car horn (b) a frog (c) a leaking tap
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) achoo (b) pitter-patter (c) woof

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