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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 408 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) fish (b) cold (c) cook
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) bright (b) well (c) bake
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bee (b) wing (c) train
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) wish (b) cold (c) high
  7. 7.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) Monsoon clouds roll in (c) The temple bells ring softly
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jog – rake (b) lake – rake (c) lake – mouse
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) car (c) rake
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) kite (b) train (c) head
  17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) knee – fog (b) knee – key (c) swing – key
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) float (b) pie (c) rain
  21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – wing (b) night – wing (c) sing – spoon
  23. 23.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A frog on a leaf (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) Waves kiss the warm sand
  24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – stay (b) swish – dish (c) run – dish
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “bright”? (a) kite (b) balloon (c) tree
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) tree (b) my (c) fog
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) fold (b) fly (c) smell
  31. 31.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) Stars blink one by one
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “sea”? (a) spoon (b) bee (c) boat
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “one”? (a) fun (b) rat (c) sky
  36. 36.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Mangoes in the sun (b) Children splash in muddy lanes (c) A green parrot sings
  37. 37.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) The moon, round and white (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) bell (b) bee (c) red
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) spoon (b) pie (c) cat
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. cold
  4. well
  5. train
  6. cold
  7. The temple bells ring softly
  8. lake – rake
  9. 3
  10. kite
  11. 1
  12. 7
  13. 2
  14. 7
  15. 4
  16. head
  17. knee – key
  18. 7
  19. 3
  20. rain
  21. 5
  22. sing – wing
  23. The baby laughs at the moon
  24. swish – dish
  25. 5
  26. kite
  27. 1
  28. my
  29. 5
  30. fly
  31. Stars blink one by one
  32. 7
  33. bee
  34. 5
  35. fun
  36. Children splash in muddy lanes
  37. The moon, round and white
  38. bee
  39. spoon
  40. 2

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