Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 220 · 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 “frog”? (a) boat (b) fog (c) swish
2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – tell (b) well – clay (c) well – tell
3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – swing (b) dish – swing (c) wing – bee
4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (b) The dry leaves whisper (c) Children splash in muddy lanes
5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Butterflies dance on the breeze” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
6. 6.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) balloon (b) stay (c) house
7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) frog – tray (b) bake – jog (c) frog – jog
8. 8.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) blouse (b) shed (c) spoon
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) coat – float (b) coat – bed (c) pie – float
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “crocodile”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) coat – ring (b) rake – goat (c) coat – goat
12. 12.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) Green parrots chatter all day (c) A frog on a leaf
13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – fish (b) train – fish (c) dish – boat
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “head”? (a) blouse (b) bread (c) play
15. 15.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) knee (b) shell (c) snake
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “hat”? (a) bat (b) red (c) smell
17. 17.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) took (b) sun (c) fish
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “apple”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word rhymes with “cold”? (a) mat (b) house (c) fold
20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves carry shells to the shore” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) one (b) noon (c) day
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fish – blouse (b) fish – wish (c) knee – wish
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – bun (b) blouse – mouse (c) jog – mouse
25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – snake (b) bake – snake (c) bake – float
26. 26.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) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Stars blink one by one
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) book – look (b) tell – look (c) book – bat
28. 28.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) The temple bells ring softly (c) Monsoon clouds roll in
29. 29.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) dish (b) tell (c) day
30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – train (b) hat – train (c) chain – lake
31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) look – wish (b) swing – book (c) look – book
32. 32.Which word rhymes with “gold”? (a) cold (b) mat (c) cook
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “goat”? (a) rat (b) coat (c) rain
34. 34.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) stay (b) soon (c) note
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) cake (b) sea (c) cold
37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Green parrots chatter all day” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) run – my (b) run – one (c) tray – one
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – star (b) sing – king (c) book – king
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) night (b) noon (c) bee

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