Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 261 · 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 pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – bed (b) bread – cold (c) bread – bed
2. 2.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) jar (b) wish (c) bright
3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shed – bake (b) cake – jog (c) cake – bake
4. 4.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) one (b) bright (c) coat
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – train (b) sky – clay (c) stay – clay
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) snake – house (b) swing – lake (c) snake – lake
7. 7.Which word rhymes with “house”? (a) mouse (b) tell (c) fun
8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “The lazy cow chews and chews” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – pie (b) wing – ring (c) rain – ring
10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – hat (b) spoon – rake (c) bake – rake
11. 11.Which word rhymes with “mouse”? (a) rake (b) hook (c) house
12. 12.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) blouse (b) knee (c) noon
13. 13.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) Waves carry shells to the shore (c) Morning bells ring out
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) day (b) night (c) house
15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) car (b) fold (c) white
17. 17.Which word rhymes with “bright”? (a) night (b) snake (c) train
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “chain”? (a) far (b) snake (c) brain
19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) run – sea (b) knee – snake (c) knee – sea
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) tree (b) book (c) tell
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) pie (b) lake (c) took
24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shell – bright (b) shell – smell (c) tree – smell
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “shell”? (a) brain (b) tray (c) well
26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – king (b) knee – king (c) ring – pie
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – mouse (b) blouse – frog (c) bold – mouse
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) red (b) sky (c) key
31. 31.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) Diyas glow at night (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
32. 32.Which word rhymes with “bee”? (a) wish (b) knee (c) bat
33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swing – day (b) bell – sing (c) swing – sing
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – mat (b) cat – mat (c) cat – snake
36. 36.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) log (b) lake (c) spoon
37. 37.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) swish (b) old (c) bake
38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mouse – blouse (b) mouse – smell (c) cat – blouse
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – plain (b) brain – plain (c) brain – bed
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2

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