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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 545 · 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 “blouse”? (a) day (b) jog (c) house
  2. 2.Which word rhymes with “sea”? (a) train (b) key (c) guitar
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – rat (b) hat – sing (c) hat – rat
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “head”? (a) brain (b) shed (c) rake
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – fish (b) wish – fish (c) wish – dog
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cat – shed (b) red – shed (c) red – bun
  10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – bee (b) knee – bee (c) knee – plain
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) well – stay (b) clay – white (c) clay – stay
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “gold”? (a) bright (b) bold (c) bat
  18. 18.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Waves carry shells to the shore (b) A cat on the wall (c) Morning bells ring out
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – king (b) sing – day (c) wish – king
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) day (b) far (c) cat
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Little ants march on (b) A tiny snail climbs the wall (c) Children splash in muddy lanes
  24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fish – balloon (b) brain – swish (c) fish – swish
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) snake (b) one (c) far
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) dog (b) sky (c) tree
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (b) A cat on the wall (c) Kites dance in the sky
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – mat (b) rat – lake (c) tell – mat
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – spoon (b) bright – fish (c) swish – fish
  30. 30.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) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) stay (b) frog (c) sky
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – far (b) car – far (c) car – night
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Mangoes in the sun (b) Green parrots chatter all day (c) Hot chai in a cup
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) boat – train (b) chain – train (c) chain – noon
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) run – high (b) run – sun (c) book – sun
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) boat (b) day (c) house
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) fish (b) dog (c) pie

Answer key

  1. house
  2. key
  3. hat – rat
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. shed
  7. wish – fish
  8. 1
  9. red – shed
  10. 5
  11. knee – bee
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. 5
  15. 2
  16. clay – stay
  17. bold
  18. Waves carry shells to the shore
  19. 3
  20. sing – king
  21. day
  22. 4
  23. Little ants march on
  24. fish – swish
  25. snake
  26. tree
  27. Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  28. rat – mat
  29. swish – fish
  30. Monsoon clouds roll in
  31. frog
  32. car – far
  33. 2
  34. Green parrots chatter all day
  35. chain – train
  36. run – sun
  37. 7
  38. day
  39. 3
  40. pie

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