Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 861 · 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 pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) pop (b) burst (c) balloon
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) hiss (b) croak (c) crackle
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hoot (b) table (c) happy
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) quack (c) ducks
6. 6.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a frog (b) a pig (c) a microwave
7. 7.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) a bee (c) a steel plate falling
8. 8.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a duck (b) a snake (c) a visitor at the door
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) river (c) roar
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) children (b) splash (c) pool
11. 11.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a visitor at the door (c) a motorbike
12. 12.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) snip (c) crackle
13. 13.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) thunder (b) a sneeze (c) a cow
14. 14.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a rooster (c) a duck
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) hoot (b) tick-tock (c) meow
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) cow (b) moo (c) shed
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) yellow
18. 18.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a car horn (b) a lion (c) a visitor at the door
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) beep (c) green
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) slurp (b) oink (c) pitter-patter
21. 21.What makes the sound “pitter-patter”? (a) a sheep (b) a steel plate falling (c) raindrops
22. 22.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) buzz (b) woof (c) chirp
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) mango (c) gentle
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) hoot (c) clang
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) woof (b) quack (c) ding-dong
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) chirp (b) croak (c) drip
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) tick-tock (c) hall
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) kind (c) pop
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) gentle (c) hiss
30. 30.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) a cow (c) a horse
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) monsoon (b) croak (c) frogs
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) mango (c) ding-dong
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) croak (b) quack (c) pop
34. 34.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a cow (b) a campfire (c) the wind
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) thud (b) bag (c) floor
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) kind (c) boom
37. 37.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) the wind (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a duck
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) yellow (c) quickly
39. 39.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a jump into a pool (c) pakoras in hot oil
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) splash (c) baa

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