Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 90 · 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) kind (b) pop (c) table
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) woof (c) chair
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) beep (b) pitter-patter (c) buzz
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) happy (c) chirp
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) quack (b) pitter-patter (c) click
6. 6.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) thud (b) boom (c) crunch
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) floor (c) thud
8. 8.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a camera (c) a car horn
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) table (c) moo
10. 10.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a dog (b) a jump into a pool (c) a balloon
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) ducks (c) quack
12. 12.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) thunder (c) a dog
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) chair (c) splash
14. 14.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a duck (b) a steel plate falling (c) a doorbell
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) neigh (b) croak (c) quack
16. 16.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a clock (b) a steel plate falling (c) a cow
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) quack (c) happy
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) buzz (b) hoot (c) sizzle
19. 19.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a cat (b) a balloon (c) a microwave
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) ding-dong (c) green
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) knock (b) pitter-patter (c) tick-tock
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) dawn (b) rooster (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
23. 23.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) the wind (b) a duck (c) a sparrow
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) snip (c) teacher
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) baa (b) drip (c) oink
26. 26.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) wind (c) whoosh
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) neigh (b) quickly (c) tall
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) crunch (b) knock (c) quack
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) moo (b) honk (c) whoosh
30. 30.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) an owl (c) a campfire
31. 31.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) snip (b) crackle (c) baa
32. 32.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a noisy drinker (c) a sneeze
33. 33.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a lion (c) a motorbike
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) pitter-patter (c) roof
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) tap (b) dark (c) drip
36. 36.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) honk (b) slurp (c) thud
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) mango (c) click
38. 38.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a rooster (b) raindrops (c) pakoras in hot oil
39. 39.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a balloon (b) a duck (c) thunder
40. 40.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) crisp (b) papad (c) crunch

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