Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 30 · 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) shed – cold (b) fold – train (c) fold – cold
2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) look – chain (b) brain – blouse (c) brain – chain
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) kite (b) bun (c) lake
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – cold (b) bake – snake (c) bell – snake
7. 7.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) lake (b) house (c) fish
8. 8.Which word rhymes with “fog”? (a) dog (b) red (c) tree
9. 9.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) guitar (b) rat (c) cook
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) king (b) float (c) cake
11. 11.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate” (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Diyas glow at night” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) snake (b) moon (c) gold
14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “apple”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) tray (b) cold (c) train
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – note (b) float – light (c) float – note
23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) float – coat (b) king – coat (c) float – balloon
24. 24.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) soon (b) chain (c) high
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) boat (b) far (c) bell
26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A tiny snail climbs the wall (b) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) A frog on a leaf
28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) cat (b) day (c) key
31. 31.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) kite (b) spoon (c) high
32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) cold (b) coat (c) soon
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
36. 36.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Diyas glow at night (b) Peacocks spread their tails (c) Green parrots chatter all day
37. 37.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) bake (b) cook (c) bun
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) brain (b) moon (c) well
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – rain (b) jar – star (c) snake – star
40. 40.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – white (b) log – swish (c) wish – swish

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