Onomatopoeia Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 12: Onomatopoeia: sound words · Set 725 · 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.What makes the sound “whoosh”? (a) a campfire (b) the wind (c) pakoras in hot oil
2. 2.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The bees ___ around the mango flowers.” (a) moo (b) beep (c) buzz
3. 3.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The snake gave an angry ___ and slid away.” (a) hiss (b) crunch (c) sizzle
4. 4.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) river (c) sizzle
5. 5.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) happy (b) slowly (c) clang
6. 6.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) neigh
7. 7.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) window (b) crackle (c) happy
8. 8.What makes the sound “vroom”? (a) a noisy drinker (b) thunder (c) a motorbike
9. 9.Which sound word fits the gap?
   “The ducks ___ noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) buzz (c) baa
10. 10.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “We heard a loud knock at the front door.” (a) knock (b) front (c) door
11. 11.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “Ravi drank his lassi with a ___.” (a) knock (b) slurp (c) thud
12. 12.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The pakoras sizzle in the hot oil.” (a) oil (b) pakoras (c) sizzle
13. 13.What makes the sound “crunch”? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a heavy bag falling (c) a crisp papad
14. 14.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The ducks quack noisily near the pond.” (a) quack (b) pond (c) ducks
15. 15.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The heavy bag fell to the floor with a ___.” (a) thud (b) baa (c) croak
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 is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The leaking tap went drip in the dark.” (a) dark (b) drip (c) tap
18. 18.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The scissors went snip as Mum cut the thread.” (a) scissors (b) thread (c) snip
19. 19.What makes the sound “moo”? (a) a cow (b) a leaking tap (c) a campfire
20. 20.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The horse gave a neigh in the stable.” (a) stable (b) neigh (c) horse
21. 21.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “We heard a loud ___ at the front door.” (a) sizzle (b) knock (c) tick-tock
22. 22.What makes the sound “baa”? (a) a sheep (b) a car horn (c) a cat
23. 23.What makes the sound “meow”? (a) a cat (b) a sneeze (c) an owl
24. 24.What makes the sound “clang”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a steel plate falling (c) a car horn
25. 25.What makes the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”? (a) a bee (b) a rooster (c) a steel plate falling
26. 26.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The motorbike went ___ down the road.” (a) vroom (b) pitter-patter (c) meow
27. 27.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The frogs croak all night in the monsoon.” (a) frogs (b) monsoon (c) croak
28. 28.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) beep (b) green (c) happy
29. 29.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The steel plate hit the stone floor with a clang.” (a) plate (b) stone (c) clang
30. 30.What makes the sound “honk”? (a) a leaking tap (b) a sneeze (c) a car horn
31. 31.Which word is an onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the noise it names)? (a) snip (b) green (c) mango
32. 32.What makes the sound “splash”? (a) a cat (b) a sparrow (c) a jump into a pool
33. 33.What makes the sound “tick-tock”? (a) a steel plate falling (b) a clock (c) a heavy bag falling
34. 34.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The children jumped into the pool with a splash.” (a) pool (b) children (c) splash
35. 35.What makes the sound “beep”? (a) a sneeze (b) raindrops (c) a microwave
36. 36.Which is the sound word in this sentence?
    “The motorbike went vroom down the road.” (a) motorbike (b) vroom (c) road
37. 37.What makes the sound “woof”? (a) a jump into a pool (b) a dog (c) an owl
38. 38.What makes the sound “oink”? (a) a doorbell (b) a pig (c) a dog
39. 39.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The thunder went ___ over the hills.” (a) boom (b) hiss (c) ding-dong
40. 40.Which sound word fits the gap?
    “The cow gave a long ___ from the shed.” (a) clang (b) snip (c) moo

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