Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 810 · 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 “baa”? (a) a horse (b) a sheep (c) a campfire
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) drip (b) tick-tock (c) oink
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) pop (c) quickly
4. 4.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a microwave (b) a crisp papad (c) a cow
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) knock (b) meow (c) oink
6. 6.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a pig (c) a heavy bag falling
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) river (c) snip
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) vroom (c) window
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) teacher (c) pitter-patter
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crackle (b) teacher (c) kind
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) green (c) roar
13. 13.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a clock (b) a pair of scissors (c) raindrops
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) hall (c) clock
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) knock (b) neigh (c) hiss
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) hiss (b) crackle (c) woof
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) kind (c) achoo
19. 19.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) honk (b) whoosh (c) oink
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) pencil (c) oink
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) street (c) taxis
23. 23.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a sneeze (b) a pig (c) a bee
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Dad gave a loud achoo in the dusty room.” (a) room (b) dusty (c) achoo
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) gentle (c) boom
27. 27.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a horse (b) a campfire (c) an owl
28. 28.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) an owl (b) a sneeze (c) a noisy drinker
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) pencil (c) drip
30. 30.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a cat (b) a car horn (c) a crisp papad
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) balloon (b) burst (c) pop
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) woof (b) oink (c) pitter-patter
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) roar (b) baa (c) hiss
34. 34.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
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) quickly (c) clang
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) click (b) clang (c) quack
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) microwave (b) milk (c) beep
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) achoo (b) snip (c) chirp
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) hoot (b) slurp (c) ding-dong
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) angry (c) snake

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