Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 9 · 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 children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) splash (b) pool (c) children
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) slurp (b) knock (c) vroom
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a ___.” (a) clang (b) honk (c) buzz
4. 4.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) stone (c) clang
5. 5.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) snake (c) angry
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “Our cat lets out a sad ___ at night.” (a) meow (b) neigh (c) vroom
7. 7.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a doorbell (b) a clock (c) a pig
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) table (c) click
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) slowly (c) clang
10. 10.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) a microwave (b) a snake (c) a bee
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) yellow (c) thud
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) roof (b) raindrops (c) pitter-patter
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) croak (b) mango (c) tall
14. 14.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a cat (b) a duck (c) a sheep
15. 15.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) splash (b) mango (c) window
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pigs oink in the muddy farmyard.” (a) muddy (b) pigs (c) oink
17. 17.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) crunch (c) meow
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) tall (c) oink
19. 19.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The balloon burst with a pop.” (a) pop (b) balloon (c) burst
20. 20.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a pig (c) a pair of scissors
21. 21.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) the wind (b) a clock (c) a sneeze
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) meow (b) river (c) tall
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) mango (b) river (c) knock
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) happy (c) slurp
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) hiss (b) moo (c) baa
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) tap (c) dark
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) baa (c) gentle
28. 28.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a horse (c) a car horn
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The sparrows chirp on my window sill.” (a) sparrows (b) window (c) chirp
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) mango (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The camera went click at the party.” (a) party (b) camera (c) click
32. 32.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a camera (b) a snake (c) a frog
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) road (b) vroom (c) motorbike
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The thunder went boom over the hills.” (a) hills (b) boom (c) thunder
35. 35.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a frog (c) a motorbike
36. 36.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) the wind (b) a doorbell (c) a crisp papad
37. 37.What makes the sound “thud”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a heavy bag falling (c) an owl
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) crunch (b) quack (c) whoosh
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) ding-dong (b) thud (c) crunch
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) slowly (c) snip

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