Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 833 · 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) achoo (c) dusty
2. 2.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a lion (b) a frog (c) a visitor at the door
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) window (c) slowly
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) crackle
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) splash (b) buzz (c) boom
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) whoosh (b) baa (c) honk
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) pencil (c) kind
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) clang (b) hiss (c) crackle
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) tick-tock (c) slowly
10. 10.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a doorbell (b) a leaking tap (c) a sheep
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) quickly (c) thud
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) neigh (c) pencil
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) drip (b) croak (c) honk
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) tall (c) drip
15. 15.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a rooster (c) raindrops
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) moo (b) croak (c) neigh
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) beep (b) knock (c) chirp
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) children (c) pool
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) tree (c) owl
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) meow
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) moo (c) mango
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) noon (b) doorbell (c) ding-dong
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) clang (b) stone (c) plate
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) oink (b) crackle (c) baa
26. 26.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a motorbike (b) a noisy drinker (c) a campfire
27. 27.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a balloon (b) an owl (c) a cow
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) beep (c) croak
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) horse (c) neigh
30. 30.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) thunder (b) a duck (c) a steel plate falling
31. 31.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) an owl (b) a microwave (c) a pig
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) door (c) front
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hoot (b) chair (c) pencil
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) gentle (c) chirp
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) roar (c) teacher
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) buzz (b) chair (c) window
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) croak (c) frogs
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) roar (b) buzz (c) meow
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.” (a) milk (b) microwave (c) beep

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