Onomatopoeia ESL Games and Worksheets

What makes this sound?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 20 minutes
ESL Onomatopoeia Game - Vocabulary: Matching - Group Work

In this free onomatopoeia game, students guess what makes the sound of different onomatopoeic words while attempting to bluff their classmates with false answers. Each card shows an onomatopoeic word in bold, a correct answer in bold and a... read more

Introduction to Onomatopoeia

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Onomatopoeia Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Categorising, Crossword, Listing - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair Work

This useful onomatopoeia worksheet helps students learn about onomatopoeia and practice onomatopoeic sounds commonly used in English. To begin... read more

What's the Sound?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Onomatopoeia Game - Vocabulary: Matching, Gap-fill - Group Work

In this fun onomatopoeia game, students race to complete sentences with onomatopoeia words often used in the English language. The reader turns over a card and reads the sentence aloud to the players using the word 'blank' for the missing... read more