Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 660 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) clay – tray (b) clay – cold (c) coat – tray
2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – bat (b) cat – cold (c) cat – bat
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Children splash in muddy lanes” (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
5. 5.Which word rhymes with “fold”? (a) bold (b) mat (c) bee
6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Mangoes in the sun” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) guitar (b) day (c) plain
9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – log (b) jog – log (c) jog – boat
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “mouse”? (a) house (b) hat (c) guitar
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – snake (b) rat – hat (c) my – hat
13. 13.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) plain (b) bake (c) tree
14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – bed (b) shed – star (c) shed – bed
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) sea (b) book (c) fun
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) smell (b) swing (c) cold
20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves carry shells to the shore” (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
21. 21.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) cake (b) smell (c) rain
22. 22.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Peacocks spread their tails (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) A frog on a leaf
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) bee (b) dog (c) guitar
25. 25.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) guitar (b) swing (c) kite
26. 26.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) pie (b) guitar (c) hook
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – jog (b) well – mouse (c) blouse – mouse
28. 28.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) fish (b) sea (c) cat
29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) goat – coat (b) fun – coat (c) goat – noon
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
32. 32.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Stars blink one by one (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) Clouds drift past the hill
33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – lake (b) old – bold (c) took – bold
34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) run – shell (b) well – fish (c) well – shell
35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) smell – bell (b) bed – bell (c) smell – rake
36. 36.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) run (b) tree (c) float
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cake – coat (b) cake – bake (c) tray – bake
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sky (b) key (c) fold
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

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