Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 906 · 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.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) a cow (c) a pair of scissors
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) neigh (c) garden
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) roar (b) mighty (c) lion
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) sizzle (b) neigh (c) quack
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tall (b) click (c) table
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) oink (b) chair (c) teacher
7. 7.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a duck (b) a sheep (c) a doorbell
8. 8.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) trees (c) whoosh
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slurp (b) table (c) quickly
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The bees buzz around the mango flowers.” (a) buzz (b) flowers (c) bees
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) horse (b) neigh (c) stable
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a thud.” (a) bag (b) thud (c) floor
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) garden (b) gentle (c) hiss
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) baa (b) garden (c) kind
15. 15.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a doorbell (b) a clock (c) a microwave
16. 16.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a dog (b) a cat (c) a cow
17. 17.What makes the sound “click”? (a) a visitor at the door (b) a camera (c) a steel plate falling
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) tap (c) drip
19. 19.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) snip (c) happy
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) sizzle (c) pakoras
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) croak (c) table
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The frogs ___ all night in the monsoon.” (a) pitter-patter (b) clang (c) croak
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The dry logs ___ in the campfire.” (a) vroom (b) woof (c) crackle
25. 25.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a pig (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) an owl
26. 26.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a cow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a duck
27. 27.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) green (c) woof
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) splash (c) crackle
29. 29.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) crackle (b) pop (c) whoosh
30. 30.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) beep (c) garden
31. 31.What makes the sound “hoot”? (a) a horse (b) a campfire (c) an owl
32. 32.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) quickly (c) green
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The old clock went ___ in the hall.” (a) tick-tock (b) quack (c) woof
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) table (c) pitter-patter
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) tick-tock (b) hiss (c) oink
36. 36.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) raindrops (b) thunder (c) a motorbike
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) crackle (c) mango
38. 38.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The pakoras ___ in the hot oil.” (a) meow (b) clang (c) sizzle
39. 39.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a cow (b) the wind (c) a steel plate falling
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) green (c) roar

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