Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 825 · 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 word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) roar (c) river
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) front (c) door
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) cat (b) meow (c) night
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) click (b) pitter-patter (c) clang
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) mango (c) table
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) thunder (b) hills (c) boom
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) vroom (c) happy
8. 8.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a dog (b) a bee (c) a sheep
9. 9.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) pitter-patter (b) roof (c) raindrops
10. 10.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a camera (c) a duck
11. 11.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a balloon (c) an owl
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) boom (b) tick-tock (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
13. 13.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a dog (b) a sneeze (c) a campfire
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) click (b) neigh (c) snip
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) snip (c) table
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) meow (b) pitter-patter (c) roar
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) drank (b) lassi (c) slurp
18. 18.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a horse (b) a frog (c) a sparrow
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) lamb (b) baa (c) soft
20. 20.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) the wind (b) a cat (c) a steel plate falling
21. 21.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a horse (c) a dog
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) roar (b) mighty (c) lion
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) woof (c) table
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) knock (b) meow (c) splash
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) thread (b) scissors (c) snip
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) slurp (b) drip (c) sizzle
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) teacher (c) window
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) beep (b) moo (c) achoo
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) buzz (c) pencil
30. 30.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a sheep (b) a noisy drinker (c) an owl
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) moo (c) cow
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) noon (c) ding-dong
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) mango (c) thud
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) whoosh (b) kind (c) tall
35. 35.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a rooster (b) a cat (c) a doorbell
36. 36.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a car horn (c) thunder
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) hoot (c) slowly
38. 38.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a cat (c) a steel plate falling
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) achoo (b) woof (c) meow
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) teacher (c) croak

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