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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 162 · 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:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – blouse (b) tell – shell (c) clay – shell
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – brain (b) dog – snake (c) bake – snake
  4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) log – dog (b) log – sun (c) well – dog
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves carry shells to the shore”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – fold (b) gold – rat (c) gold – fold
  8. 8.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Paper boats sail down the drain (b) The old banyan tree (c) The moon, round and white
  9. 9.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The moon, round and white (b) The wind plays with my long hair (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “apple”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) bread (b) hook (c) brain
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Paper boats sail down the drain (b) Morning bells ring out (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – day (b) play – day (c) play – white
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – tray (b) train – tray (c) day – white
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) rake (b) brain (c) mat
  19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – one (b) bright – fold (c) old – fold
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) mouse (b) light (c) clay
  22. 22.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) boat (b) book (c) chain
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) bread (b) pie (c) fog
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – pie (b) high – pie (c) high – gold
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sun – look (b) sun – run (c) soon – run
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) snake (b) rain (c) white
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) bee (b) snake (c) light
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fog – head (b) high – dog (c) fog – dog
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) day (b) one (c) cold
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) house (b) day (c) well
  34. 34.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) Mangoes in the sun (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) white (b) stay (c) sing
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – wing (b) sing – wing (c) sing – cat
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A cat on the wall (b) Little ants march on (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Bees hum near the pond (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) The dry leaves whisper

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. tell – shell
  3. bake – snake
  4. 5
  5. log – dog
  6. 7
  7. gold – fold
  8. Paper boats sail down the drain
  9. The moon, round and white
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. hook
  14. Morning bells ring out
  15. play – day
  16. day – tray
  17. 5
  18. mat
  19. 7
  20. old – fold
  21. clay
  22. chain
  23. 7
  24. pie
  25. high – pie
  26. sun – run
  27. snake
  28. snake
  29. 3
  30. fog – dog
  31. one
  32. 3
  33. day
  34. The kite string tugs at my hand
  35. 4
  36. sing
  37. 5
  38. sing – wing
  39. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  40. The temple bells ring softly

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