Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 81 · 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?
   “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) room (b) dusty (c) achoo
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) hiss (b) tick-tock (c) vroom
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) buzz (b) beep (c) crackle
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) chair (c) mango
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) croak (c) pop
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) mango (c) woof
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) pencil (c) chirp
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) crunch (c) quickly
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) boom (b) achoo (c) splash
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) thread (c) scissors
11. 11.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a cow (b) an owl (c) a camera
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) woof (b) gate (c) puppy
13. 13.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a frog (b) raindrops (c) a sheep
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) gentle (c) thud
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hoot (b) pencil (c) kind
16. 16.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a rooster (b) a cat (c) an owl
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) vroom (c) motorbike
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) tick-tock (c) quickly
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) oink (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) hiss
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) pop (b) neigh (c) roar
23. 23.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a rooster (c) a horse
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) baa (c) gentle
25. 25.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a horse (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a lion
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) chirp (b) baa (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) oink (c) pigs
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The horse gave a ___ in the stable.” (a) whoosh (b) neigh (c) buzz
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) buzz (b) meow (c) croak
30. 30.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a horse (b) thunder (c) a microwave
31. 31.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a doorbell (b) a cat (c) a pair of scissors
32. 32.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a motorbike (c) a cat
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) roar (b) quack (c) crackle
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) slurp (b) ding-dong (c) beep
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) click (b) woof (c) vroom
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) teacher (c) drip
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) quack (b) achoo (c) moo
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) snip (c) pencil
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) clang (c) meow

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