Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 758 · 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 “ding-dong”? (a) a cow (b) a bee (c) a doorbell
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) lamb (b) soft (c) baa
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) pitter-patter (b) raindrops (c) roof
4. 4.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a rooster (b) a visitor at the door (c) thunder
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) window (c) quickly
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) knock (b) yellow (c) slowly
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) scissors (c) thread
8. 8.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a frog (b) a cat (c) a sneeze
9. 9.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a motorbike (b) a sheep (c) a car horn
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) whoosh (b) thud (c) pitter-patter
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) crunch (c) quickly
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) window (c) roar
13. 13.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a duck (b) a pig (c) a car horn
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) kind (c) meow
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) crunch (c) papad
16. 16.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a balloon (b) a cat (c) raindrops
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) muddy (c) oink
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) green (c) achoo
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) ding-dong (b) snip (c) knock
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) teacher (c) buzz
21. 21.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bee (c) an owl
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) oink (b) ding-dong (c) roar
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) crackle (c) logs
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) owl (c) tree
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) motorbike (c) vroom
26. 26.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a doorbell (c) a noisy drinker
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) whoosh (c) kind
28. 28.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a sparrow (c) a bee
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
30. 30.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a camera (b) a car horn (c) a snake
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) table (c) mango
32. 32.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a rooster (c) a camera
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) quickly
34. 34.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) the wind (b) a leaking tap (c) a sparrow
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) hall (c) tick-tock
36. 36.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a motorbike (c) a car horn
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) burst (b) pop (c) balloon
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) ding-dong (b) teacher (c) garden
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) river (c) neigh

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