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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 391 · 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 “day”? (a) swing (b) smell (c) play
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Waves kiss the warm sand (b) Hot pakoras on a plate (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “shed”? (a) look (b) high (c) bread
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) red – tell (b) red – bed (c) rake – bed
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sun – wish (b) swish – cook (c) swish – wish
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) goat (b) spoon (c) snake
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Waves kiss the warm sand (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) goat (b) lake (c) soon
  15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) float – cat (b) kite – coat (c) float – coat
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) mat (b) bake (c) cold
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) head (b) wish (c) bee
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – house (b) light – rake (c) bake – rake
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) bake (b) bold (c) one
  20. 20.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) The old banyan tree (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – swing (b) bat – swing (c) wing – white
  23. 23.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Ripe mangoes fall from the tree”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – bright (b) soon – bright (c) white – bed
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – clay (b) stay – goat (c) soon – clay
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – boat (b) goat – star (c) goat – boat
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) my (b) snake (c) well
  31. 31.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Waves kiss the warm sand (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) A frog on a leaf
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hat – bat (b) fun – bat (c) hat – train
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (b) Rain taps on the roof (c) Soft snow on the hills
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – bread (b) red – cold (c) red – bread
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – moon (b) fog – moon (c) balloon – bun
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “gold”? (a) cold (b) far (c) bat
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) day (b) bold (c) cat

Answer key

  1. play
  2. 3
  3. 2
  4. Hot pakoras on a plate
  5. bread
  6. 7
  7. red – bed
  8. swish – wish
  9. 7
  10. 5
  11. snake
  12. 5
  13. Waves kiss the warm sand
  14. lake
  15. float – coat
  16. cold
  17. wish
  18. bake – rake
  19. bake
  20. The puddles shine like mirrors
  21. 5
  22. wing – swing
  23. Hot chai in a cup
  24. 5
  25. 7
  26. white – bright
  27. stay – clay
  28. goat – boat
  29. 3
  30. well
  31. The kite string tugs at my hand
  32. hat – bat
  33. 3
  34. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  35. 2
  36. red – bread
  37. balloon – moon
  38. 2
  39. cold
  40. bold

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