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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 59 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tortoise”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) far – star (b) far – float (c) shed – star
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – lake (b) rat – wish (c) dish – wish
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “balloon”? (a) cold (b) ring (c) moon
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) kite (b) cat (c) noon
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) balloon (b) head (c) log
  10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A green parrot sings (b) Diyas glow at night (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “hat”? (a) mat (b) sea (c) rain
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cat – bat (b) boat – bat (c) cat – tree
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – chain (b) bell – cat (c) rat – cat
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “bright”? (a) light (b) boat (c) head
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  17. 17.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) The moon, round and white (c) The lazy cow chews and chews
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) well (b) head (c) day
  20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) high – bright (b) fold – my (c) high – my
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – house (b) bat – cake (c) lake – cake
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The wind plays with my long hair (b) Waves kiss the warm sand (c) Stars blink one by one
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) clay (b) moon (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) run (b) fog (c) stay
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hat – soon (b) high – mat (c) hat – mat
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) kite (b) fish (c) my
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wish – guitar (b) light – swish (c) wish – swish
  30. 30.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Rain taps on the roof (b) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) Diyas glow at night
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  32. 32.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) Stars blink one by one (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – jar (b) guitar – jar (c) guitar – bake
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) cake (b) rain (c) ring
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “took”? (a) hook (b) swing (c) car

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. far – star
  4. dish – wish
  5. 5
  6. moon
  7. kite
  8. 2
  9. balloon
  10. The kite string tugs at my hand
  11. mat
  12. cat – bat
  13. rat – cat
  14. 5
  15. light
  16. 5
  17. The moon, round and white
  18. 3
  19. head
  20. 5
  21. high – my
  22. lake – cake
  23. 2
  24. The wind plays with my long hair
  25. moon
  26. fog
  27. hat – mat
  28. my
  29. wish – swish
  30. Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  31. 3
  32. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  33. 1
  34. 5
  35. guitar – jar
  36. 3
  37. rain
  38. 3
  39. 4
  40. hook

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