Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 792 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) boom (b) whoosh (c) chirp
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) pigs (c) muddy
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) drip (b) quickly (c) tall
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) quickly (c) hoot
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) garden (c) quack
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) chair (c) baa
7. 7.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a camera (c) a rooster
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) baa (b) crackle (c) pitter-patter
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) slowly (c) splash
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) frogs (c) croak
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) hoot (b) honk (c) knock
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) crackle (c) kind
13. 13.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a sparrow (b) an owl (c) a clock
14. 14.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a sparrow (b) a doorbell (c) raindrops
15. 15.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
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) click (b) party (c) camera
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) green (c) roar
18. 18.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) an owl (b) a cat (c) a car horn
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) click (c) pencil
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) croak (b) hiss (c) neigh
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) honk (b) woof (c) chirp
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) sizzle (c) pop
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) slowly (c) window
24. 24.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a rooster (c) a balloon
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) tick-tock (c) splash
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) quickly (c) yellow
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) honk (b) pitter-patter (c) moo
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crisp (c) crunch
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) floor (b) bag (c) thud
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) hall (b) tick-tock (c) clock
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) moo (b) tall (c) yellow
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) meow (b) cat (c) night
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) hiss (c) table
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) pop (c) mango
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) window (c) slurp
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) knock (c) yellow
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) slurp (c) lassi
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) yellow (c) snip
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) tick-tock (c) pop
40. 40.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) raindrops (c) a sheep

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