Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 722 · 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) table (b) achoo (c) teacher
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) crunch (c) ding-dong
3. 3.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a lion (c) a motorbike
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) meow (b) hiss (c) clang
5. 5.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a campfire (b) a microwave (c) a sheep
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) sizzle (b) chirp (c) thud
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) clang (b) oink (c) woof
8. 8.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a cow (b) a steel plate falling (c) a crisp papad
9. 9.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
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) croak (b) quack (c) snip
11. 11.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a bee (b) a sneeze (c) a noisy drinker
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) yellow (c) honk
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) meow (b) crunch (c) achoo
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) kind (c) oink
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) crackle (c) logs
17. 17.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a rooster (b) a jump into a pool (c) a bee
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) quack (b) pitter-patter (c) chirp
20. 20.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a sparrow (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a sheep
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) kind (c) crackle
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) puppy (b) woof (c) gate
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) chirp (c) baa
25. 25.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a lion (b) a sneeze (c) a frog
26. 26.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a bee (b) a balloon (c) raindrops
27. 27.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a car horn (b) a pair of scissors (c) a clock
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) neigh (b) boom (c) sizzle
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) tick-tock (c) teacher
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) river (c) pencil
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) tall (c) click
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) thud (c) kind
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) meow (b) quack (c) boom
34. 34.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a campfire (b) a leaking tap (c) thunder
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) teacher (c) pitter-patter
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) yellow (c) knock
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) croak (b) crackle (c) tick-tock
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) drip (c) dark
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) pop (b) burst (c) balloon
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) croak (c) monsoon

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