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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 177 · 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:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cold – bold (b) mat – bold (c) cold – white
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) fish (b) cold (c) coat
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) king (b) day (c) dog
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – bright (b) night – bright (c) night – ring
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  9. 9.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Green parrots chatter all day (b) Little ants march on (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  10. 10.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) Grandma hums an old sweet song (c) Bees hum near the pond
  11. 11.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The kite string tugs at my hand (b) Clouds drift past the hill (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – bee (b) tree – night (c) tree – bee
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  15. 15.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) Hot pakoras on a plate (c) Butterflies dance on the breeze
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – mouse (b) gold – guitar (c) jar – guitar
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) smell (b) cake (c) knee
  18. 18.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) fly (b) rake (c) sun
  19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  20. 20.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) Soft snow on the hills (c) A tiny snail climbs the wall
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) bee (b) hook (c) float
  22. 22.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) smell (b) book (c) fog
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) goat (b) guitar (c) kite
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “goat”? (a) hook (b) note (c) sun
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – day (b) play – sky (c) play – day
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) bold (b) guitar (c) fish
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) train (b) jog (c) took
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) chain (b) fish (c) sky
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “sea”? (a) knee (b) blouse (c) bat
  31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “crocodile”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) far (b) high (c) cook
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “dog”? (a) high (b) soon (c) log
  37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) Waves kiss the warm sand
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) bread (b) white (c) plain
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The dry leaves whisper (b) Morning bells ring out (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. cold – bold
  3. 2
  4. coat
  5. king
  6. 7
  7. night – bright
  8. 7
  9. Little ants march on
  10. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  11. Clouds drift past the hill
  12. 5
  13. tree – bee
  14. 3
  15. The old banyan tree
  16. jar – guitar
  17. cake
  18. fly
  19. 7
  20. Soft snow on the hills
  21. hook
  22. smell
  23. kite
  24. note
  25. play – day
  26. 2
  27. fish
  28. train
  29. sky
  30. knee
  31. 7
  32. 3
  33. 7
  34. 5
  35. high
  36. log
  37. Waves kiss the warm sand
  38. bread
  39. The kite string tugs at my hand
  40. 3

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