Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 743 · 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) happy (b) slowly (c) croak
2. 2.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a dog (b) a pair of scissors (c) a snake
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) trees (c) whoosh
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) quack (b) achoo (c) tick-tock
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) stone (c) clang
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) knock (b) whoosh (c) quack
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) tall (c) woof
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) snip (c) kind
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) owl (c) tree
10. 10.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
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) party (b) camera (c) click
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) moo (b) oink (c) woof
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) pitter-patter (b) knock (c) click
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) boom (c) hills
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) vroom (b) crunch (c) croak
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
18. 18.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a balloon (b) a rooster (c) an owl
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) quickly (c) mango
20. 20.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a balloon (b) a duck (c) a sparrow
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) hall (b) tick-tock (c) clock
22. 22.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a cat (b) a sparrow (c) a bee
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crisp (c) crunch
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) boom (b) chirp (c) hoot
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) baa (c) lamb
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) hoot (b) sizzle (c) achoo
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) hiss (b) snip (c) knock
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) tick-tock (c) chair
29. 29.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a crisp papad (b) thunder (c) a microwave
30. 30.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a sneeze (b) a cow (c) a camera
31. 31.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a rooster (c) thunder
32. 32.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a car horn (b) a leaking tap (c) an owl
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) splash (b) snip (c) crunch
34. 34.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a dog (b) a car horn (c) a sparrow
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) kind (c) slowly
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) snip (b) drip (c) neigh
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) pitter-patter (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) neigh
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) ducks (c) pond
39. 39.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) the wind (b) a steel plate falling (c) a duck
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) hoot (c) teacher

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