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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 410 · 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 “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  6. 6.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Little ants march on (b) A tiny snail climbs the wall (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – bat (b) mat – clay (c) mat – bat
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) pie – fish (b) well – high (c) pie – high
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) bold (b) day (c) run
  11. 11.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The temple bells ring softly”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  13. 13.Which word rhymes with “far”? (a) frog (b) guitar (c) white
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Rain taps on the roof (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) The wind plays with my long hair
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) book (b) train (c) blouse
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) light (b) spoon (c) bed
  17. 17.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) Bees hum near the pond (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  20. 20.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) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – book (b) bat – plain (c) train – plain
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “boat”? (a) bold (b) king (c) goat
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  25. 25.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The wind plays with my long hair (b) Stars blink one by one (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) king (b) tree (c) tray
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – dish (b) brain – chain (c) cold – chain
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) boat (b) bee (c) swish
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – train (b) moon – soon (c) head – soon
  30. 30.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – guitar (b) jar – tree (c) smell – guitar
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) plain – rain (b) plain – fog (c) rake – rain
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “kite”? (a) bright (b) fold (c) hat
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The dry leaves whisper (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 5
  6. Little ants march on
  7. mat – bat
  8. pie – high
  9. 2
  10. run
  11. 5
  12. 7
  13. guitar
  14. Rain taps on the roof
  15. train
  16. light
  17. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  18. 3
  19. 7
  20. Peacocks spread their tails
  21. 3
  22. train – plain
  23. goat
  24. 5
  25. The wind plays with my long hair
  26. tray
  27. brain – chain
  28. bee
  29. moon – soon
  30. 7
  31. 5
  32. 7
  33. 4
  34. jar – guitar
  35. 7
  36. 5
  37. plain – rain
  38. bright
  39. The baby laughs at the moon
  40. 7

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