Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 953 · 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?
   “Ravi drank his lassi with a slurp.” (a) slurp (b) lassi (c) drank
2. 2.What makes the sound “ding-dong”? (a) a doorbell (b) pakoras in hot oil (c) a snake
3. 3.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a cat (b) a pig (c) a cow
4. 4.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The microwave gave a ___ when the milk was hot.” (a) pitter-patter (b) beep (c) knock
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) hiss (b) gentle (c) table
6. 6.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) door (b) front (c) knock
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) oink (c) quickly
8. 8.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) table (c) boom
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) baa (c) happy
10. 10.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) click (b) garden (c) tall
11. 11.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) sizzle (c) pakoras
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) stone (b) clang (c) plate
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) hoot (c) chair
14. 14.What makes the sound “hiss”? (a) an owl (b) a snake (c) a doorbell
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) crackle (b) moo (c) vroom
16. 16.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) crackle (b) dry (c) logs
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) sizzle (b) happy (c) quickly
18. 18.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) green (c) woof
19. 19.What makes the sound “crackle”? (a) a campfire (b) a dog (c) a pig
20. 20.What makes the sound “neigh”? (a) raindrops (b) a lion (c) a horse
21. 21.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) kind (b) pencil (c) snip
22. 22.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The old clock went tick-tock in the hall.” (a) clock (b) hall (c) tick-tock
23. 23.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The leaking tap went ___ in the dark.” (a) click (b) honk (c) drip
24. 24.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) pencil (c) croak
25. 25.What makes the sound “buzz”? (a) a bee (b) a car horn (c) a pig
26. 26.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) gentle (b) pencil (c) pop
27. 27.What makes the sound “achoo”? (a) a sneeze (b) a motorbike (c) a doorbell
28. 28.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) neigh (b) chirp (c) buzz
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) wind (b) trees (c) whoosh
30. 30.What makes the sound “quack”? (a) a duck (b) a snake (c) a doorbell
31. 31.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a crunch.” (a) papad (b) crisp (c) crunch
32. 32.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) snip (c) whoosh
33. 33.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The raindrops went pitter-patter on the roof.” (a) raindrops (b) roof (c) pitter-patter
34. 34.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) roar (b) slurp (c) meow
35. 35.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The rooster crowed cock-a-doodle-doo at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) rooster (c) dawn
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “An owl gave a hoot from the banyan tree.” (a) tree (b) hoot (c) owl
37. 37.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) thunder (b) a microwave (c) a snake
38. 38.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) crunch (b) garden (c) green
39. 39.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The doorbell went ding-dong at noon.” (a) doorbell (b) ding-dong (c) noon
40. 40.What makes the sound “pop”? (a) a balloon (b) a frog (c) a horse

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