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Make Vocabulary Choices: Onomatopoeia

In this worksheet, students will explore the use of onomatopoeia.

'Make Vocabulary Choices: Onomatopoeia' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 English worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Writing: Composition

Curriculum subtopic:   Grammar and Vocabulary Awareness

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Worksheet Overview

Onomatopoeic words sound like the noise they describe. Writers often use these words to help us to imagine a scene more clearly.

 

For example: crash, sizzle, bang

 

A boy has kicked a ball through the window and it has smashed

The ball broke the window with a loud smash.

 

In this activity, we are going to be spotting the words that use onomatopoeia.

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