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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 484 · 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.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.Which word rhymes with “hat”? (a) bat (b) ring (c) noon
  3. 3.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  4. 4.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) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Diyas glow at night
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – ring (b) wing – took (c) wing – ring
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Paper boats sail down the drain”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) night – kite (b) cook – kite (c) night – clay
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – king (b) wing – sea (c) fly – king
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) swish (b) took (c) cold
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bread (b) well (c) wing
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – gold (b) rake – bake (c) spoon – bake
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Green parrots chatter all day (b) A cat on the wall (c) Monsoon clouds roll in
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) noon (b) house (c) star
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) fun (b) sea (c) sky
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sea – white (b) balloon – key (c) sea – key
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – bake (b) balloon – bake (c) cake – ring
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – boat (b) bee – tray (c) stay – tray
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “star”? (a) bake (b) bold (c) guitar
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – cake (b) cook – cake (c) lake – pie
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – bed (b) moon – spoon (c) gold – spoon
  24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Bees hum near the pond (b) The moon, round and white (c) The wind plays with my long hair
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) wing (b) moon (c) hat
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) light – kite (b) well – kite (c) light – star
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “head”? (a) moon (b) jog (c) red
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “helicopter”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) night – fish (b) wish – fish (c) wish – blouse
  34. 34.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Peacocks spread their tails (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) Green parrots chatter all day
  35. 35.Which word rhymes with “noon”? (a) mouse (b) kite (c) moon
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  37. 37.Which word rhymes with “cook”? (a) rain (b) lake (c) hook
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) blouse (c) bat
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The kite string tugs at my hand (b) Soft snow on the hills (c) Children splash in muddy lanes
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) coat (b) snake (c) knee

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. bat
  3. 7
  4. A brown sparrow builds a nest
  5. wing – ring
  6. 7
  7. night – kite
  8. wing – king
  9. swish
  10. wing
  11. 2
  12. rake – bake
  13. Green parrots chatter all day
  14. 7
  15. 3
  16. house
  17. sky
  18. sea – key
  19. cake – bake
  20. stay – tray
  21. guitar
  22. lake – cake
  23. moon – spoon
  24. The wind plays with my long hair
  25. wing
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. light – kite
  30. red
  31. 1
  32. 4
  33. wish – fish
  34. Peacocks spread their tails
  35. moon
  36. 1
  37. hook
  38. kite
  39. Soft snow on the hills
  40. snake

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