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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 439 · 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) cake – hook (b) book – hook (c) book – pie
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) snake – rake (b) night – rake (c) snake – bed
  3. 3.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Rain taps on the roof”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) coat – star (b) brain – boat (c) coat – boat
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Grandma hums an old sweet song”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – soon (b) moon – soon (c) moon – play
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bold – house (b) bold – fold (c) dish – fold
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Ripe mangoes fall from the tree”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – high (b) my – shed (c) fish – high
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – sing (b) wing – fun (c) dog – sing
  13. 13.Which word rhymes with “bat”? (a) run (b) snake (c) hat
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) My kitten sleeps in the sun (b) Butterflies dance on the breeze (c) The dry leaves whisper
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) mouse (b) moon (c) jog
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Green parrots chatter all day”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) blouse (b) balloon (c) frog
  21. 21.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (b) The old banyan tree (c) Morning bells ring out
  22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) play (b) bun (c) brain
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  26. 26.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) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) The old banyan tree
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) smell – tell (b) smell – swing (c) head – tell
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – tree (b) key – tree (c) key – bun
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) took – book (b) took – old (c) plain – book
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – frog (b) well – cake (c) lake – cake
  33. 33.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) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) A frog on a leaf
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) My kitten sleeps in the sun (b) The old banyan tree (c) Paper boats sail down the drain
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “cold”? (a) high (b) run (c) fold

Answer key

  1. book – hook
  2. snake – rake
  3. 5
  4. coat – boat
  5. 7
  6. 7
  7. moon – soon
  8. bold – fold
  9. 7
  10. 3
  11. my – high
  12. wing – sing
  13. hat
  14. The dry leaves whisper
  15. 3
  16. moon
  17. 7
  18. 7
  19. 3
  20. frog
  21. Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  22. 5
  23. 5
  24. bun
  25. 5
  26. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  27. smell – tell
  28. key – tree
  29. 3
  30. 3
  31. took – book
  32. lake – cake
  33. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  34. 2
  35. 7
  36. 5
  37. 4
  38. 3
  39. The old banyan tree
  40. fold

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