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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 176 · 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:
    “Rain taps on the roof”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) The old banyan tree (c) A tiny snail climbs the wall
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tortoise”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) wing (b) clay (c) cake
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tree – sea (b) tree – moon (c) bake – sea
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) wing (b) jar (c) clay
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – mouse (b) well – mouse (c) blouse – look
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) boat (b) spoon (c) bright
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – night (b) light – pie (c) light – night
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) pie (b) red (c) lake
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) took – smell (b) well – smell (c) well – noon
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Old Grandpa naps in the shade”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) pie (b) rat (c) note
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) cook (b) bun (c) star
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) lake (b) guitar (c) knee
  21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – wing (b) far – wing (c) ring – chain
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) gold – fly (b) gold – old (c) blouse – old
  24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – mouse (b) bread – snake (c) lake – snake
  25. 25.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A tiny snail climbs the wall (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (b) Rain taps on the roof (c) Kites dance in the sky
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Grandma hums an old sweet song”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  29. 29.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) Green parrots chatter all day (c) Waves kiss the warm sand
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – kite (b) white – bold (c) red – kite
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – king (b) sing – king (c) sing – gold
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) clay – stay (b) clay – tell (c) lake – stay
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) tell (b) goat (c) look
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. The old banyan tree
  3. 2
  4. cake
  5. 5
  6. tree – sea
  7. clay
  8. blouse – mouse
  9. spoon
  10. 3
  11. light – night
  12. pie
  13. 2
  14. well – smell
  15. 7
  16. rat
  17. 3
  18. 5
  19. cook
  20. knee
  21. ring – wing
  22. 3
  23. gold – old
  24. lake – snake
  25. Clouds drift past the hill
  26. 5
  27. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  28. 7
  29. Waves kiss the warm sand
  30. white – kite
  31. sing – king
  32. 7
  33. 5
  34. 3
  35. clay – stay
  36. 5
  37. 3
  38. 7
  39. tell
  40. 1

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