Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 749 · 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.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a cow (c) a microwave
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) vroom (b) buzz (c) whoosh
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) rooster (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) dawn
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) roar (b) vroom (c) ding-dong
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) meow (c) table
6. 6.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a noisy drinker (c) raindrops
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) sizzle (c) river
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) hoot (c) mango
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) pool (c) splash
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) burst (c) pop
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) thud (b) hoot (c) drip
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) quack (b) meow (c) oink
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) table (c) happy
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) whoosh (b) clang (c) hiss
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) splash (b) sizzle (c) roar
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) night (b) cat (c) meow
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) baa (c) pencil
18. 18.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a sheep (b) a balloon (c) a doorbell
19. 19.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a clock (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a bee
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) chair (c) moo
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) boom (b) woof (c) moo
22. 22.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a dog (b) thunder (c) a duck
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) plate (c) clang
24. 24.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) raindrops (b) a sneeze (c) a sparrow
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) chirp (c) kind
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) splash (b) snip (c) pop
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) splash (b) croak (c) pop
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) oink (c) muddy
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) green (c) beep
30. 30.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a sparrow (b) a steel plate falling (c) a sneeze
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) drank (c) lassi
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) oink (b) vroom (c) baa
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) window (b) sparrows (c) chirp
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) oink (c) window
35. 35.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a rooster (b) a cat (c) a car horn
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) logs (c) crackle
37. 37.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) the wind (b) a rooster (c) raindrops
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) quack (b) boom (c) drip
39. 39.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sneeze (b) a sparrow (c) a dog
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) slurp (c) table

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