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WorksheetsOnomatopoeias
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the onomatopoeia?
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
I love the swish of the basketball net.
basketball
swish
onomatopoeia
net
"When Hannah pressed the gas, she took off so quickly that her tires screeched."
Ian was pleased when he heard the new pencil sharpener hum efficiently.
I _______________ when I saw the mouse.
sizzled
fizzed
rumbled
screeched
I accidentally _______ some water on the floor.
roared
splashed
sizzled
fizzed
The train ________ through town twice a day.
fizzes
sizzles
roars
rumbles
Onomatopoeia is
using the same sound to start several words.
using words to mimic sounds.
repeating a word or phrase.
exaggerating for effect.
Which of the following are examples of onomatopoeia?
salty, sweet, sour
meow, baa, ribbit
orange, pink, silver.
loud, soft, deafening.
Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.
The car _____________ out of the parking lot.
sped
drove
backed
zoomed
________________ is one way to get the full effect of onomatopoetic words.
Reading silently
Being very literal
Reading out loud
Never reading comic books
Use onomatopoeia to complete this sentence.
The basketball almost hit him, but instead it _____________ past his head.
whooshed
sailed
sped
flew
Which detail from the passage below contains an example of onomatopoeia?
"Alecia woke at dawn..."
"...birds twittering in the tree outside"
"She pulled the pillow over her head..."
"Didn't the birds know it was Saturday?"
Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.
Miranda hurled the tomato off the building and watched it ________________ on the sidewalk.
fall
land
splatter
explode
What do writers pay most attention to when they use onomatopoeia?
the visual imagery
the way words sound
spelling and punctuation
the literal meanings of words.
Which of the following sentences uses onomatopoeia?
I ate noodles with chopsticks.
My sister slurped down her spaghetti.
The chef rolled out a sheet of dough to make pasta.
I love sushi so much; it's probably my favorite food.
Which of the following sentences uses onomatopoeia to describe a bee?
The busy bee flew behind us.
The busy bee buzzed all around the hive.
The busy bee was as active as a hurricane.
They bee moved around the hive a million times.
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
run
silly
hit
bang
Which word is NOT an onomatopoeia?
BOOM
SPLASH
CALL
SIZZLE
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sound.
True
False
What is the onomatopoeia in the following sentence?
The kid jumped in the pool with a big splash!
kid
pool
splash
jumped
Which of these sentences does NOT contain onomatopoeia?
The really red rose is beautiful.
The floor creaked as I walked across it.
The race car screeched down the road.
The bee was buzzing in my ear.
Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
stomach.
hearing
grumbling
no onomatopoeia
Which detail from the passage below contains an example of onomatopoeia?
"Alecia woke at dawn..."
"She pulled the pillow over her head..."
"...birds twittering in the tree outside"
"Didn't the birds know it was Saturday?"
Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.
Miranda tossed the tomato off the building and watched it ________________ on the sidewalk.
fall
explode
land
splatter
Find the examples of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.
She dropped the shoe to the floor with a satisfying thud.
thud
floor
satisfying
dropped
Find the examples of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.
Overnight, the tiny trickle from the leaking pipe had become a gushing waterfall.
Overnight, leaking
trickle, gushing
trickle, leaking
gushing, waterfall
*What is the onomatopoeia?
What is the onomatopoeia?
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.
Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
I love the swish of the basketball net.
basketball
swish
onomatopoeia
net
