Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 440 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) look (b) old (c) smell
2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Butterflies dance on the breeze” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
3. 3.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bee (b) took (c) train
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) note – fish (b) note – goat (c) smell – goat
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fun – head (b) fun – bun (c) hat – bun
7. 7.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Old Grandpa naps in the shade” (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
8. 8.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) car (b) lake (c) bee
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes” (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
11. 11.Which word rhymes with “house”? (a) shell (b) fog (c) mouse
12. 12.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) lake (b) far (c) book
13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – cat (b) ring – book (c) cook – book
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – brain (b) book – tree (c) key – tree
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
18. 18.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Morning bells ring out (b) Hot pakoras on a plate (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
19. 19.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) gold (b) night (c) clay
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) far – night (b) kite – night (c) kite – hat
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) play (b) fish (c) snake
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
24. 24.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) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) Paper boats sail down the drain
25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) high (b) cake (c) sun
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) house (b) white (c) cat
29. 29.Which word rhymes with “far”? (a) star (b) tell (c) night
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “jar”? (a) took (b) star (c) sun
31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swing – moon (b) swing – king (c) star – king
32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – cake (b) pie – cake (c) rake – rain
35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word rhymes with “guitar”? (a) cook (b) rat (c) star
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tray – soon (b) tray – clay (c) swish – clay
38. 38.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 moon, round and white (c) A tiny snail climbs the wall
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sun – play (b) day – play (c) day – book
40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) A cat on the wall (c) A brown sparrow builds a nest

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