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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 331 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) fun (b) coat (c) fog
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – white (b) light – balloon (c) light – white
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – kite (b) tree – kite (c) white – high
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “bat”? (a) guitar (b) fun (c) hat
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) hook (b) sea (c) moon
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “wing”? (a) sing (b) shed (c) rat
  9. 9.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Butterflies dance on the breeze (b) The old banyan tree (c) The temple bells ring softly
  10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The temple bells ring softly”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  11. 11.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) Stars blink one by one
  12. 12.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A frog on a leaf (b) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – bee (b) key – bee (c) key – shed
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – goat (b) tray – spoon (c) moon – spoon
  15. 15.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Waves carry shells to the shore (b) Monsoon clouds roll in (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Diyas glow at night”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Ripe mangoes fall from the tree”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – shed (b) well – white (c) kite – white
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) play (b) brain (c) red
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) fold (b) frog (c) wish
  21. 21.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot pakoras on a plate (b) Kites dance in the sky (c) Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) head – bed (b) head – blouse (c) moon – bed
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – mat (b) train – chain (c) pie – chain
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) book (b) well (c) jar
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – dish (b) bell – dish (c) wish – pie
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) spoon (b) ring (c) house
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “my”? (a) pie (b) balloon (c) key
  30. 30.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) lake (b) gold (c) cat
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bun – fly (b) my – mouse (c) my – fly
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tree – stay (b) wish – bee (c) tree – bee
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) smell (b) cake (c) star
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) cat (b) swish (c) balloon
  37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A cat on the wall (b) Soft snow on the hills (c) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “star”? (a) far (b) white (c) jog
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (b) The moon, round and white (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. coat
  2. 3
  3. light – white
  4. white – kite
  5. hat
  6. 3
  7. moon
  8. sing
  9. The old banyan tree
  10. 7
  11. My kitten sleeps in the sun
  12. A frog on a leaf
  13. key – bee
  14. moon – spoon
  15. Waves carry shells to the shore
  16. 5
  17. 7
  18. kite – white
  19. brain
  20. fold
  21. Kites dance in the sky
  22. head – bed
  23. 5
  24. 5
  25. train – chain
  26. well
  27. wish – dish
  28. house
  29. pie
  30. 7
  31. gold
  32. my – fly
  33. tree – bee
  34. 5
  35. cake
  36. balloon
  37. Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  38. far
  39. The moon, round and white
  40. 5

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