Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 132 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – king (b) pie – king (c) ring – float
2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The lazy cow chews and chews (b) Hot pakoras on a plate (c) The moon, round and white
3. 3.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) bell (b) sing (c) day
4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) car – night (b) white – my (c) white – night
5. 5.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) car (b) soon (c) knee
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – soon (b) spoon – soon (c) spoon – run
7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) gold – fold (b) gold – bake (c) mouse – fold
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) book – night (b) wing – took (c) book – took
11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mat – sun (b) mat – rat (c) play – rat
12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – cold (b) stay – clay (c) frog – clay
13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A frog on a leaf (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) Soft snow on the hills
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “my”? (a) blouse (b) pie (c) sun
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) play – bake (b) play – day (c) pie – day
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) day (b) sun (c) brain
17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – far (b) bread – far (c) jar – bake
18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) play – train (b) chain – sea (c) chain – train
19. 19.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) sing (b) train (c) mat
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bed – dog (b) bed – shed (c) tell – shed
21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) boat – note (b) bright – note (c) boat – ring
22. 22.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) frog (b) boat (c) bat
23. 23.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) jar (b) house (c) knee
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) fun (b) plain (c) my
27. 27.Which word rhymes with “frog”? (a) swing (b) light (c) dog
28. 28.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) train (b) took (c) knee
29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) far – kite (b) night – snake (c) night – kite
30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – lake (b) note – lake (c) rake – kite
31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
32. 32.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) gold (b) chain (c) lake
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “house”? (a) red (b) sky (c) mouse
34. 34.Which word rhymes with “guitar”? (a) fog (b) star (c) boat
35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) plain – brain (b) float – brain (c) plain – took
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – tree (b) knee – balloon (c) knee – tree
38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) guitar – well (b) guitar – car (c) fun – car
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Monsoon clouds roll in (b) The wind plays with my long hair (c) Bees hum near the pond

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