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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 518 · 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 word rhymes with “coat”? (a) one (b) snake (c) goat
  2. 2.Which word rhymes with “kite”? (a) balloon (b) bright (c) knee
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – plain (b) rain – sun (c) rain – plain
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – rake (b) cake – jar (c) pie – rake
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – smell (b) fold – mouse (c) house – mouse
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shell – white (b) kite – white (c) kite – swish
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – clay (b) tray – smell (c) tray – clay
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – bat (b) frog – train (c) chain – train
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) sky (b) fish (c) rat
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – soon (b) spoon – fish (c) spoon – soon
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) red – cat (b) snake – bread (c) red – bread
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) wish (b) snake (c) bell
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) white (b) fold (c) soon
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  19. 19.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) The dry leaves whisper (c) Children splash in muddy lanes
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Old Grandpa naps in the shade”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – ring (b) my – rain (c) chain – rain
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – jog (b) fog – jog (c) fog – light
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) knee – mouse (b) blouse – mouse (c) blouse – gold
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) Little ants march on (c) Monsoon clouds roll in
  29. 29.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) Waves carry shells to the shore (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) day (b) key (c) guitar
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shell – bread (b) bee – tell (c) shell – tell
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – rain (b) wish – fish (c) balloon – fish
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “shell”? (a) tell (b) blouse (c) bee
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “apple”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  38. 38.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) A frog on a leaf
  39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – boat (b) goat – boat (c) goat – spoon
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) tray (b) cook (c) house

Answer key

  1. goat
  2. bright
  3. 3
  4. rain – plain
  5. cake – rake
  6. house – mouse
  7. kite – white
  8. tray – clay
  9. chain – train
  10. 3
  11. rat
  12. 7
  13. spoon – soon
  14. red – bread
  15. snake
  16. 5
  17. white
  18. 1
  19. Children splash in muddy lanes
  20. 3
  21. 7
  22. 7
  23. chain – rain
  24. 7
  25. fog – jog
  26. blouse – mouse
  27. 2
  28. A brown sparrow builds a nest
  29. Monsoon clouds roll in
  30. day
  31. shell – tell
  32. 2
  33. wish – fish
  34. tell
  35. 7
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. A frog on a leaf
  39. goat – boat
  40. tray

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