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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 111 · 40 questions
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Writer's tip (Listen to the sounds): Rhymes end with the same sound: cat – hat, rain – train. A syllable is one beat: but-ter-fly has 3. A haiku has 3 lines: 5 syllables, then 7, then 5. Count every word’s beats and add them up.

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  1. 1.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – hook (b) took – smell (c) took – hook
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (b) Waves carry shells to the shore (c) Hot chai in a cup
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) swing (b) took (c) boat
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – house (b) blouse – house (c) blouse – sea
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) chain (b) one (c) hat
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) brain (b) jog (c) bat
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) boat (b) head (c) snake
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – gold (b) key – knee (c) lake – knee
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The wind plays with my long hair (b) Mangoes in the sun (c) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) well (b) bright (c) day
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fog – lake (b) balloon – jog (c) fog – jog
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “house”? (a) rain (b) mouse (c) fog
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) high – wish (b) swish – wish (c) swish – took
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – plain (b) rain – shed (c) old – plain
  21. 21.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Grandma hums an old sweet song (b) Little ants march on (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  22. 22.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) lake (b) stay (c) plain
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) well – shell (b) well – white (c) rake – shell
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “boat”? (a) knee (b) goat (c) old
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – night (b) white – night (c) white – day
  26. 26.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) The old banyan tree (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Bees hum near the pond (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – run (b) king – snake (c) cake – snake
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – sky (b) pie – float (c) pie – sky
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – sing (b) ring – sing (c) ring – bake
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) fish (b) key (c) mat
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “cold”? (a) cake (b) bold (c) well
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – white (b) kite – frog (c) bat – white
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) dish (b) kite (c) run
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) Rain taps on the roof

Answer key

  1. took – hook
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. Hot chai in a cup
  5. boat
  6. blouse – house
  7. hat
  8. bat
  9. 5
  10. 5
  11. head
  12. 2
  13. key – knee
  14. Mangoes in the sun
  15. bright
  16. fog – jog
  17. mouse
  18. swish – wish
  19. 3
  20. rain – plain
  21. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  22. lake
  23. well – shell
  24. goat
  25. white – night
  26. My kitten sleeps in the sun
  27. Bees hum near the pond
  28. 5
  29. cake – snake
  30. pie – sky
  31. ring – sing
  32. 3
  33. mat
  34. 2
  35. bold
  36. kite – white
  37. 7
  38. run
  39. 3
  40. Snowflakes land on my warm nose

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