Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 864 · 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) tall (b) pencil (c) buzz
2. 2.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) street (c) taxis
3. 3.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) pencil (c) oink
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) river (c) garden
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) flowers (b) bees (c) buzz
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) table (c) neigh
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) crunch (c) river
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) clang (c) pencil
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) moo (c) green
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) boom (c) table
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) snip (c) thread
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) slowly (c) slurp
13. 13.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) sizzle (c) pencil
15. 15.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pigs (b) muddy (c) oink
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The little lamb gave a soft baa.” (a) lamb (b) soft (c) baa
17. 17.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) monsoon (c) croak
18. 18.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a car horn (c) a visitor at the door
19. 19.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) pakoras in hot oil (b) a snake (c) a sparrow
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) pop (c) baa
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) vroom (b) quickly (c) gentle
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) snip (c) quickly
23. 23.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a balloon (c) a clock
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) camera (b) click (c) party
25. 25.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The puppy gave a happy woof at the gate.” (a) gate (b) woof (c) puppy
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) honk (b) crackle (c) sizzle
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) neigh (b) horse (c) stable
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) shed (b) moo (c) cow
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) sizzle (c) neigh
32. 32.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a dog (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a car horn
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) slurp (b) achoo (c) hoot
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) kind (c) quack
35. 35.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a horse (b) a balloon (c) a visitor at the door
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) crackle (c) green
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) whoosh (c) wind
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) knock (b) woof (c) crunch
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) boom (c) oink
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The balloon burst with a ___.” (a) hiss (b) quack (c) pop

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