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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 423 · 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 pair of words rhyme? (a) house – snake (b) house – mouse (c) pie – mouse
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – noon (b) balloon – run (c) bee – noon
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “goat”? (a) bold (b) swish (c) boat
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “chain”? (a) train (b) light (c) cook
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (c) A tiny snail climbs the wall
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – light (b) coat – took (c) cook – took
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) red (b) wish (c) stay
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) high – knee (b) play – sky (c) high – sky
  17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) spoon – jar (b) car – jar (c) car – cake
  18. 18.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) rat (b) sea (c) bell
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) log – bake (b) snake – light (c) snake – bake
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “bread”? (a) soon (b) red (c) sing
  21. 21.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot pakoras on a plate (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Morning bells ring out
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – mat (b) rat – fly (c) goat – mat
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) noon – cake (b) lake – cake (c) lake – bold
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) old (b) balloon (c) guitar
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Old Grandpa naps in the shade”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Diyas glow at night (b) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Hot pakoras on a plate
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Clouds drift past the hill (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) The old banyan tree
  31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) car (b) mouse (c) book
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) book (b) frog (c) clay
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) A tiny snail climbs the wall (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) balloon (b) smell (c) knee
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “fun”? (a) house (b) day (c) run

Answer key

  1. house – mouse
  2. 1
  3. balloon – noon
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 4
  7. boat
  8. train
  9. 5
  10. The old banyan tree
  11. cook – took
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. wish
  15. 1
  16. high – sky
  17. car – jar
  18. bell
  19. snake – bake
  20. red
  21. Morning bells ring out
  22. rat – mat
  23. lake – cake
  24. old
  25. 3
  26. 7
  27. Diyas glow at night
  28. 5
  29. 5
  30. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  31. 7
  32. 5
  33. 3
  34. mouse
  35. clay
  36. 3
  37. Soft snow on the hills
  38. 3
  39. smell
  40. run

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