Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 38 · 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) cake – wing (b) hat – lake (c) cake – lake
2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) plain – fly (b) pie – fly (c) pie – smell
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word rhymes with “noon”? (a) fly (b) head (c) balloon
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mat – house (b) cook – cat (c) mat – cat
6. 6.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) Hot chai in a cup (c) The lazy cow chews and chews
7. 7.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) key (b) one (c) my
8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “The kite string tugs at my hand” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Peacocks spread their tails” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word rhymes with “day”? (a) bread (b) smell (c) tray
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – mat (b) rat – king (c) soon – mat
14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) swing (b) moon (c) old
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) tree (b) swish (c) bun
19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fold – rain (b) brain – night (c) brain – rain
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) frog – kite (b) light – jar (c) light – kite
21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fold – knee (b) mat – cold (c) fold – cold
23. 23.Which word rhymes with “cook”? (a) bright (b) book (c) bold
24. 24.Which word rhymes with “dog”? (a) bright (b) frog (c) red
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) snake (b) bell (c) brain
26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – bright (b) tell – bake (c) cake – bake
28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – goat (b) coat – cat (c) coat – goat
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) fold (b) swing (c) jar
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Morning bells ring out (b) Rain taps on the roof (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word rhymes with “dish”? (a) fog (b) fish (c) house
36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sun – one (b) sun – guitar (c) swish – one
37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) Little ants march on
38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – fly (b) fun – fly (c) sky – gold
39. 39.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) night (b) spoon (c) book
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4

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