Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 191 · 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 word rhymes with “soon”? (a) play (b) white (c) moon
2. 2.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) sea (b) day (c) bake
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – jog (b) log – sun (c) log – jog
5. 5.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) king (b) light (c) float
6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Green parrots chatter all day” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The temple bells ring softly (b) Rain taps on the roof (c) Hot pakoras on a plate
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – cat (b) bee – knee (c) goat – knee
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “frog”? (a) high (b) light (c) log
11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) king – dish (b) float – ring (c) king – ring
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall” (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) coat (b) book (c) stay
16. 16.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) Green parrots chatter all day
17. 17.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) tree (b) pie (c) brain
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “house”? (a) king (b) cold (c) blouse
19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – play (b) day – sea (c) day – play
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “apple”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – gold (b) bat – mat (c) tray – mat
23. 23.Which word rhymes with “shed”? (a) head (b) jar (c) rat
24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – pie (b) sky – red (c) frog – pie
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “red”? (a) bread (b) blouse (c) jar
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – one (b) sun – wing (c) sun – one
31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – bed (b) tell – rake (c) bake – rake
32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.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) A cat on the wall (c) A brown sparrow builds a nest
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “coat”? (a) fold (b) float (c) red
39. 39.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) fish (b) plain (c) coat
40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6

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