Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 314 · 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.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “The moon, round and white” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Peacocks spread their tails” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) play – clay (b) play – boat (c) cold – clay
4. 4.Which word rhymes with “bright”? (a) moon (b) night (c) fold
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – bun (b) sun – bun (c) sun – jog
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – took (b) ring – train (c) rain – train
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) far – balloon (b) sing – guitar (c) far – guitar
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “wing”? (a) cold (b) kite (c) ring
11. 11.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) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (c) The old banyan tree
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) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) The moon, round and white
13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – soon (b) moon – book (c) dish – soon
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) plain (b) cake (c) my
17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – key (b) day – play (c) bold – play
18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) bell (b) stay (c) sky
21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – bread (b) head – bread (c) head – rat
22. 22.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) balloon (b) high (c) bat
23. 23.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) sing (b) cook (c) soon
24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The wind plays with my long hair (b) Bees hum near the pond (c) Kites dance in the sky
25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) gold – key (b) gold – cold (c) stay – cold
26. 26.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) old (b) run (c) boat
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – bell (b) tell – one (c) boat – bell
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “far”? (a) mouse (b) red (c) star
34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) spoon – mouse (b) spoon – balloon (c) cat – balloon
35. 35.Which word rhymes with “shed”? (a) jog (b) bread (c) sun
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) pie – high (b) old – high (c) pie – bread
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) bright (b) house (c) look
39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) The old banyan tree (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) sea (b) smell (c) my

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