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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 569 · 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 “dish”? (a) fish (b) sun (c) shell
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – far (b) star – shed (c) star – far
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – hat (b) cat – balloon (c) cat – hat
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – cake (b) lake – high (c) sun – cake
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jar – car (b) high – car (c) jar – play
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) noon (b) blouse (c) stay
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) bee (b) goat (c) swing
  10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – sing (b) ring – clay (c) ring – sing
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tray – white (b) tray – play (c) smell – play
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “chain”? (a) ring (b) fog (c) train
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) Kites dance in the sky
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – mat (b) rat – mat (c) rat – rake
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  17. 17.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Waves kiss the warm sand (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) Paper boats sail down the drain
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – key (b) wish – dish (c) float – dish
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) gold – day (b) stay – high (c) stay – day
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) bat (b) rain (c) star
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – snake (b) lake – frog (c) lake – snake
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – knee (b) float – knee (c) key – house
  24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The temple bells ring softly (b) Grandma hums an old sweet song (c) Kites dance in the sky
  25. 25.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Clouds drift past the hill (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) The dry leaves whisper
  26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “took”? (a) book (b) bread (c) fog
  28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) The lazy cow chews and chews (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – note (b) hat – fold (c) old – fold
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) clay (b) chain (c) high
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hat – fly (b) high – lake (c) high – fly
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – plain (b) rain – plain (c) rain – sun
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – fog (b) bake – bright (c) white – bright
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) sing (b) bed (c) bee
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) rake (b) plain (c) dish
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) look (b) gold (c) shed

Answer key

  1. fish
  2. star – far
  3. cat – hat
  4. lake – cake
  5. jar – car
  6. stay
  7. 3
  8. 5
  9. swing
  10. ring – sing
  11. tray – play
  12. train
  13. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  14. 5
  15. rat – mat
  16. 5
  17. Waves kiss the warm sand
  18. wish – dish
  19. 2
  20. stay – day
  21. rain
  22. lake – snake
  23. key – knee
  24. Kites dance in the sky
  25. The kite string tugs at my hand
  26. 5
  27. book
  28. The old banyan tree
  29. 4
  30. old – fold
  31. chain
  32. 7
  33. high – fly
  34. 5
  35. rain – plain
  36. white – bright
  37. 7
  38. bee
  39. plain
  40. gold

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