Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 895 · 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) river (b) happy (c) crunch
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) oink (b) achoo (c) neigh
3. 3.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) an owl (b) a dog (c) a lion
4. 4.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a cow (b) a steel plate falling (c) a rooster
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) chair (c) tall
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) mango (c) quack
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) mango (c) woof
8. 8.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) moo (b) snip (c) click
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) moo (b) croak (c) whoosh
10. 10.What makes the sound “chirp”? (a) a sparrow (b) a bee (c) raindrops
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) quack (b) beep (c) clang
12. 12.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) slowly (c) drip
13. 13.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The sparrows ___ on my window sill.” (a) neigh (b) vroom (c) chirp
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) pop (c) river
16. 16.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) boom (b) garden (c) river
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The lion let out a mighty ___.” (a) pop (b) crackle (c) roar
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) yellow (c) crackle
19. 19.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a frog (c) a rooster
20. 20.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) a microwave (c) an owl
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) green (c) hoot
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) vroom (b) motorbike (c) road
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The doorbell went ___ at noon.” (a) crunch (b) ding-dong (c) clang
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) click (c) garden
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) click (b) slurp (c) vroom
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Dad gave a loud ___ in the dusty room.” (a) achoo (b) neigh (c) vroom
27. 27.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a doorbell (c) a bee
28. 28.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) boom (b) thunder (c) hills
29. 29.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a doorbell (b) the wind (c) a horse
30. 30.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
31. 31.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a dog (b) a balloon (c) a pig
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) green (c) garden
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) clang (c) kind
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) thread (c) snip
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) crackle (b) cock-a-doodle-doo (c) hiss
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) slowly (c) roar
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) meow (c) pencil
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) snip (b) beep (c) buzz
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) sizzle (c) yellow
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) chair (c) vroom

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