Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 2 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Clouds drift past the hill (b) Monsoon clouds roll in (c) The wind plays with my long hair
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) cake (b) plain (c) balloon
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fold – book (b) look – tell (c) look – book
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) well – rat (b) well – shell (c) kite – shell
7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) high – pie (b) high – hat (c) clay – pie
8. 8.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) red (b) frog (c) train
9. 9.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) bread (b) pie (c) note
10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Morning bells ring out (b) Kites dance in the sky (c) The temple bells ring softly
11. 11.Which word rhymes with “bread”? (a) pie (b) well (c) red
12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – float (b) note – float (c) note – brain
13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – balloon (b) moon – smell (c) moon – balloon
14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – cold (b) look – far (c) star – far
16. 16.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The moon, round and white (b) A cat on the wall (c) Paper boats sail down the drain
17. 17.Which word rhymes with “one”? (a) sun (b) mouse (c) fish
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.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) The moon, round and white (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) cat (b) jog (c) fun
22. 22.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) dish (b) head (c) ring
23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bold – sky (b) fly – sky (c) fly – guitar
24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) snake – bright (b) goat – lake (c) snake – lake
25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – ring (b) sky – knee (c) key – knee
26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) tell (b) king (c) head
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) red – bright (b) knee – bed (c) red – bed
33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bed – bread (b) bed – lake (c) night – bread
34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) smell – bed (b) bat – tell (c) smell – tell
35. 35.Which word rhymes with “jog”? (a) spoon (b) frog (c) sing
36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – star (b) mouse – star (c) jar – moon
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – day (b) tell – snake (c) cake – snake
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – blouse (b) mouse – smell (c) mouse – blouse
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) balloon (b) sun (c) night

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