Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 790 · 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 “meow”? (a) the wind (b) a cat (c) a camera
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) click (b) quickly (c) table
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) hiss (b) drip (c) vroom
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) slowly (c) splash
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) pitter-patter (b) raindrops (c) roof
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) quack (c) tall
7. 7.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) an owl (b) a horse (c) a camera
8. 8.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a lion (b) a sheep (c) a jump into a pool
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) crunch (b) moo (c) hoot
10. 10.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) splash (b) vroom (c) tick-tock
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) clang (c) chair
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) crunch (c) papad
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) clang (c) vroom
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) boom (b) knock (c) vroom
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) burst (b) balloon (c) pop
16. 16.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a sheep (b) a doorbell (c) a camera
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) slurp (b) honk (c) click
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) green (c) slowly
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) thread (c) scissors
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) whoosh (b) moo (c) pop
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) chirp (b) slurp (c) hiss
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) knock (c) green
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) snip (c) happy
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) teacher (c) drip
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) beep (b) tick-tock (c) crackle
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) woof (c) chair
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) kind (c) roar
28. 28.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) thunder (c) a pig
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) pitter-patter (b) croak (c) crunch
30. 30.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) raindrops (b) a steel plate falling (c) a noisy drinker
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) tick-tock (b) oink (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) boom (b) click (c) buzz
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pop (b) kind (c) chair
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) green (c) window
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) lassi (c) drank
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) horse (c) stable
37. 37.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) baa (c) sizzle
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) rooster (c) dawn
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) slurp (c) mango
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) pencil (c) chirp

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