Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 997 · 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) table (b) river (c) oink
2. 2.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) baa (b) tall (c) mango
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The little lamb gave a soft ___.” (a) quack (b) thud (c) baa
4. 4.What makes the sound “snip”? (a) a rooster (b) a pair of scissors (c) a car horn
5. 5.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The puppy gave a happy ___ at the gate.” (a) sizzle (b) neigh (c) woof
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) roar (b) slowly (c) green
7. 7.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
   “The cow gave a long moo from the shed.” (a) moo (b) cow (c) shed
8. 8.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a campfire (b) a sneeze (c) a cat
9. 9.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) mango (c) whoosh
10. 10.What makes the sound “boom”? (a) a lion (b) a noisy drinker (c) thunder
11. 11.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) tall (c) pop
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) ducks (b) quack (c) pond
13. 13.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) honk (b) table (c) pencil
14. 14.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) boom (b) vroom (c) chirp
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The rooster crowed ___ at dawn.” (a) cock-a-doodle-doo (b) slurp (c) beep
16. 16.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “I bit the crisp papad with a ___.” (a) snip (b) vroom (c) crunch
17. 17.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) gentle (c) neigh
18. 18.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) hiss (b) slurp (c) woof
19. 19.What makes the sound “slurp”? (a) a heavy bag falling (b) a noisy drinker (c) a lion
20. 20.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The raindrops went ___ on the roof.” (a) honk (b) pitter-patter (c) vroom
21. 21.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The dry logs crackle in the campfire.” (a) logs (b) dry (c) crackle
22. 22.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) pencil (b) sizzle (c) table
23. 23.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) chair (b) crackle (c) kind
24. 24.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The camera went ___ at the party.” (a) achoo (b) buzz (c) click
25. 25.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a horse (b) a jump into a pool (c) a clock
26. 26.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a leaking tap (c) a rooster
27. 27.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “An owl gave a ___ from the banyan tree.” (a) hoot (b) knock (c) vroom
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) kind (c) cock-a-doodle-doo
29. 29.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) slowly (c) meow
30. 30.What makes the sound “roar”? (a) a horse (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a lion
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) tick-tock (b) gentle (c) yellow
32. 32.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a campfire (b) a jump into a pool (c) the wind
33. 33.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a ___.” (a) clang (b) splash (c) meow
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “Our cat lets out a sad meow at night.” (a) cat (b) meow (c) night
35. 35.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) hoot (b) hiss (c) thud
36. 36.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) slowly (b) mango (c) hoot
37. 37.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) river (b) green (c) slurp
38. 38.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The wind went whoosh through the trees.” (a) trees (b) whoosh (c) wind
39. 39.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) drip (c) quickly
40. 40.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) teacher (b) gentle (c) hiss

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