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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 133 · 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.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Paper boats sail down the drain”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – bread (b) red – bread (c) red – rain
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bed – dish (b) swish – dish (c) swish – car
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “took”? (a) cold (b) hook (c) key
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – moon (b) soon – bake (c) fly – moon
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “one”? (a) sun (b) shell (c) key
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – dish (b) bright – tree (c) bee – tree
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) king (b) sun (c) clay
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Little ants march on (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) Butterflies dance on the breeze
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – car (b) dog – car (c) star – ring
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Green parrots chatter all day”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  17. 17.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) A green parrot sings (c) Mangoes in the sun
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – cat (b) rat – clay (c) sea – cat
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) mouse (b) shell (c) gold
  21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – night (b) star – jar (c) cook – jar
  22. 22.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot pakoras on a plate (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) stay (b) swish (c) plain
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) light (b) bread (c) cat
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) coat – note (b) bread – note (c) coat – sing
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Hot pakoras on a plate (b) Kites dance in the sky (c) Morning bells ring out
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) book – cook (b) bold – cook (c) book – bread
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fun – book (b) balloon – sun (c) fun – sun
  33. 33.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The temple bells ring softly (b) A frog on a leaf (c) Diyas glow at night
  34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – clay (b) bee – my (c) sky – my
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) well (b) house (c) book
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) play – sun (b) play – tray (c) lake – tray
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – kite (b) bright – kite (c) bright – bold
  38. 38.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) fun (b) log (c) bat
  40. 40.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – gold (b) key – gold (c) old – look

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. red – bread
  3. swish – dish
  4. hook
  5. soon – moon
  6. 5
  7. 2
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. sun
  11. bee – tree
  12. king
  13. Little ants march on
  14. star – car
  15. 7
  16. 7
  17. A brown sparrow builds a nest
  18. 5
  19. rat – cat
  20. shell
  21. star – jar
  22. Clouds drift past the hill
  23. swish
  24. bread
  25. 2
  26. 7
  27. coat – note
  28. 1
  29. 3
  30. Hot pakoras on a plate
  31. book – cook
  32. fun – sun
  33. The temple bells ring softly
  34. sky – my
  35. well
  36. play – tray
  37. bright – kite
  38. 5
  39. fun
  40. old – gold

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