Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 367 · 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 “rain”? (a) dish (b) chain (c) wing
2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) float – swing (b) float – coat (c) pie – coat
3. 3.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) coat (b) train (c) log
4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – mat (b) rain – chain (c) sea – chain
5. 5.Which word rhymes with “balloon”? (a) light (b) bread (c) moon
6. 6.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) high (b) rain (c) shell
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word rhymes with “note”? (a) float (b) cook (c) tree
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “note”? (a) fish (b) tray (c) goat
11. 11.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
12. 12.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Monsoon clouds roll in (b) Bees hum near the pond (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
13. 13.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) stay (b) note (c) snake
14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – knee (b) tree – bright (c) tree – knee
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tray – hook (b) took – swing (c) took – hook
16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “jog”? (a) rain (b) dog (c) my
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – brain (b) rain – bright (c) sky – brain
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) sing (b) took (c) fog
26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – knee (b) soon – balloon (c) swing – balloon
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – night (b) brain – night (c) white – clay
33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) head – white (b) balloon – bread (c) head – bread
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A green parrot sings (b) Monsoon clouds roll in (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
36. 36.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Grandma hums an old sweet song (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Peacocks spread their tails
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fish – cat (b) bat – cat (c) bat – rake
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) mouse (b) bread (c) tray
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The kite string tugs at my hand (b) Morning bells ring out (c) A green parrot sings

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