Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 942 · 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 sound word fits the gap?
   “The taxis ___ in the busy street.” (a) drip (b) meow (c) honk
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) chair (c) river
3. 3.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) pakoras (b) sizzle (c) oil
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The pigs ___ in the muddy farmyard.” (a) pitter-patter (b) oink (c) crunch
5. 5.What makes the sound “sizzle”? (a) a sneeze (b) a rooster (c) pakoras in hot oil
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) table (b) happy (c) knock
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The snake gave an angry hiss and slid away.” (a) snake (b) angry (c) hiss
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pitter-patter (b) happy (c) tall
9. 9.What makes the sound “drip”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a bee (c) a sheep
10. 10.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a clock (b) a duck (c) a noisy drinker
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) drip (b) dark (c) tap
12. 12.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a crisp papad (b) a dog (c) a steel plate falling
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) click (c) kind
14. 14.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) boom (c) green
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The wind went ___ through the trees.” (a) knock (b) meow (c) whoosh
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) owl (b) hoot (c) tree
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) mango (c) vroom
18. 18.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a cow (b) a clock (c) a balloon
19. 19.What makes the sound “croak”? (a) a sparrow (b) a frog (c) a jump into a pool
20. 20.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) teacher (c) croak
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The scissors went ___ as Mum cut the thread.” (a) hiss (b) snip (c) neigh
22. 22.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) a horse (b) a bee (c) a clock
23. 23.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The taxis honk in the busy street.” (a) street (b) honk (c) taxis
24. 24.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) pond (b) ducks (c) quack
25. 25.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) crunch (b) pitter-patter (c) oink
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) slowly (c) oink
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) noon (b) ding-dong (c) doorbell
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) garden (c) slowly
29. 29.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a horse (b) a cow (c) a pig
30. 30.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a cow (c) a clock
31. 31.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) raindrops (b) a lion (c) a clock
32. 32.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) thread (b) scissors (c) snip
33. 33.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) window (c) tick-tock
34. 34.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) yellow (b) table (c) drip
35. 35.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) green (b) quickly (c) neigh
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) chair (c) thud
37. 37.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) pool (b) splash (c) children
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The lion let out a mighty roar.” (a) lion (b) mighty (c) roar
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
40. 40.What makes the sound “knock”? (a) a clock (b) an owl (c) a visitor at the door

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