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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 448 · 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) swish – fish (b) float – fish (c) swish – house
  2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  3. 3.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (b) Little ants march on (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  4. 4.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) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – rake (b) bake – bun (c) log – rake
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – brain (b) rain – cake (c) rain – brain
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “rake”? (a) sing (b) play (c) cake
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “cold”? (a) my (b) bold (c) cat
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “well”? (a) dish (b) tell (c) clay
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) bright (b) far (c) shell
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – cook (b) wing – spoon (c) balloon – spoon
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “wing”? (a) high (b) rat (c) king
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The puddles shine like mirrors (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) The old banyan tree
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Paper boats sail down the drain”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “dog”? (a) stay (b) ring (c) frog
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – soon (b) chain – plain (c) snake – plain
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) smell (b) fly (c) brain
  20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tree (b) shell (c) look
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) rat (b) king (c) spoon
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  26. 26.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Green parrots chatter all day (b) A green parrot sings (c) Hot pakoras on a plate
  27. 27.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) Children splash in muddy lanes (c) A cat on the wall
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bell – goat (b) tray – tell (c) bell – tell
  30. 30.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The puddles shine like mirrors (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) A frog on a leaf
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “sea”? (a) tray (b) key (c) blouse
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “cook”? (a) bell (b) book (c) tree
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fish – swish (b) fish – balloon (c) ring – swish
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mat – rat (b) mat – house (c) chain – rat
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cold – fold (b) cold – float (c) cake – fold
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) frog (b) shell (c) bat
  39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – lake (b) house – blouse (c) took – blouse
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. swish – fish
  2. 7
  3. Little ants march on
  4. Rain taps on the roof
  5. bake – rake
  6. rain – brain
  7. cake
  8. bold
  9. tell
  10. shell
  11. balloon – spoon
  12. king
  13. The old banyan tree
  14. 7
  15. frog
  16. 1
  17. chain – plain
  18. 1
  19. brain
  20. 5
  21. 4
  22. 3
  23. shell
  24. king
  25. 7
  26. A green parrot sings
  27. Children splash in muddy lanes
  28. 5
  29. bell – tell
  30. A frog on a leaf
  31. key
  32. 5
  33. 5
  34. book
  35. fish – swish
  36. mat – rat
  37. cold – fold
  38. bat
  39. house – blouse
  40. 3

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