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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 579 · 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:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dog – plain (b) chain – run (c) chain – plain
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – rake (b) mouse – bright (c) kite – bright
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – snake (b) bake – fold (c) bright – snake
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – bat (b) cat – bat (c) cat – book
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – plain (b) float – plain (c) train – cat
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “my”? (a) ring (b) pie (c) shed
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “fly”? (a) float (b) my (c) moon
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “fog”? (a) rat (b) sun (c) jog
  12. 12.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Grandma hums an old sweet song (b) The old banyan tree (c) Diyas glow at night
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) pie – sea (b) tree – sea (c) tree – look
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) house (b) jog (c) fun
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  18. 18.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – pie (b) jog – pie (c) my – rain
  19. 19.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A tiny snail climbs the wall (b) Kites dance in the sky (c) A brown sparrow builds a nest
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – noon (b) dog – noon (c) moon – took
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “bold”? (a) fold (b) dish (c) tell
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) spoon – moon (b) spoon – tray (c) blouse – moon
  24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – rat (b) look – rat (c) bat – log
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) dog (b) brain (c) run
  26. 26.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) Diyas glow at night (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Diyas glow at night (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) The moon, round and white
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) blouse (b) tree (c) swish
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “jog”? (a) stay (b) dog (c) balloon
  30. 30.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – took (b) day – spoon (c) soon – spoon
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) play (b) rain (c) rat
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – lake (b) bake – lake (c) bake – night
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) Grandma hums an old sweet song (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 2
  3. chain – plain
  4. 2
  5. kite – bright
  6. bake – snake
  7. cat – bat
  8. train – plain
  9. pie
  10. my
  11. jog
  12. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  13. 2
  14. tree – sea
  15. fun
  16. 2
  17. 7
  18. my – pie
  19. Kites dance in the sky
  20. moon – noon
  21. fold
  22. 3
  23. spoon – moon
  24. bat – rat
  25. brain
  26. The puddles shine like mirrors
  27. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  28. swish
  29. dog
  30. 5
  31. soon – spoon
  32. play
  33. bake – lake
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 7
  37. 5
  38. 3
  39. Soft snow on the hills
  40. 5

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