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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 452 · 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 “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  3. 3.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Monsoon clouds roll in (b) Green parrots chatter all day (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
  4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “star”? (a) bright (b) dish (c) far
  8. 8.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) Grandma hums an old sweet song (c) Stars blink one by one
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – train (b) plain – train (c) plain – rake
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) hat (b) bee (c) far
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – log (b) dog – bun (c) dog – log
  13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) rake (b) swing (c) kite
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) moon (b) swing (c) house
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Ripe mangoes fall from the tree”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) white (b) smell (c) bee
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “shell”? (a) sky (b) tell (c) mat
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) night (b) knee (c) cake
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “head”? (a) ring (b) tree (c) bread
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) lake (b) rain (c) wish
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  30. 30.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) Bees hum near the pond (c) The lazy cow chews and chews
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) cold (b) knee (c) bat
  32. 32.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The moon, round and white (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) A brown sparrow builds a nest
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) clay – rain (b) clay – day (c) sky – day
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  39. 39.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. Monsoon clouds roll in
  4. 7
  5. 5
  6. 7
  7. far
  8. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  9. 4
  10. plain – train
  11. hat
  12. dog – log
  13. 5
  14. kite
  15. swing
  16. 7
  17. 7
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. bee
  21. tell
  22. 5
  23. 3
  24. knee
  25. 7
  26. bread
  27. wish
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. Bees hum near the pond
  31. knee
  32. The moon, round and white
  33. 3
  34. 7
  35. 1
  36. clay – day
  37. 5
  38. 4
  39. 7
  40. 7

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