Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 487 · 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 “house”? (a) wish (b) goat (c) blouse
2. 2.Which word rhymes with “coat”? (a) train (b) sun (c) boat
3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – fly (b) my – ring (c) moon – fly
4. 4.Which word rhymes with “wing”? (a) plain (b) ring (c) lake
5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Diyas glow at night” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
6. 6.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) boat (b) play (c) tree
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – bright (b) bell – bright (c) kite – far
10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
11. 11.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) plain (b) night (c) boat
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shell – tell (b) fold – tell (c) shell – tree
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) cook (b) fog (c) bee
17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Bees hum near the pond” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) note (b) rain (c) house
20. 20.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) cake (b) one (c) stay
21. 21.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) Waves carry shells to the shore (c) Hot chai in a cup
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) car (b) gold (c) plain
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – cat (b) bat – pie (c) lake – cat
28. 28.Which word rhymes with “fly”? (a) coat (b) sky (c) cat
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) train (b) float (c) run
31. 31.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Mangoes in the sun (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) Hot pakoras on a plate
32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – gold (b) cook – knee (c) bee – knee
34. 34.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) far (b) well (c) hook
35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fun – gold (b) cold – shell (c) cold – gold
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) car (b) house (c) sun
39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Little ants march on (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) A green parrot sings
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) rake (b) key (c) spoon

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