Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 80 · 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 is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) shed (c) moo
2. 2.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a balloon (b) a sparrow (c) a clock
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) splash (b) kind (c) table
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) meow (c) river
5. 5.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a sheep (b) a motorbike (c) pakoras in hot oil
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) slowly (c) click
7. 7.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) click (b) moo (c) achoo
8. 8.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a cat (b) raindrops (c) a snake
9. 9.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a lion (c) a duck
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
11. 11.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a pig (b) a lion (c) a steel plate falling
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) slowly (c) neigh
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) river (c) gentle
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) dry (b) logs (c) crackle
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) vroom (c) slowly
16. 16.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a cow (c) thunder
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) motorbike (c) road
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) tick-tock
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) quickly (c) achoo
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) wind (c) whoosh
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) croak (b) woof (c) hoot
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) slowly (c) pop
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) pop (c) moo
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) drank (c) lassi
25. 25.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) window (c) knock
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) sizzle (b) baa (c) honk
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) gentle (c) quack
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) mango (c) river
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) front (b) knock (c) door
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) gentle (c) snip
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) knock (b) ding-dong (c) splash
33. 33.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a dog (b) a pair of scissors (c) a sparrow
34. 34.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a rooster
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) hiss (b) oink (c) crackle
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) quack (b) honk (c) roar
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) soft (b) lamb (c) baa
38. 38.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a horse (b) a cat (c) a clock
39. 39.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a lion (b) a cow (c) a rooster
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks

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