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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 727 · 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) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) night – knee (b) tree – knee (c) tree – cook
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “cook”? (a) noon (b) hook (c) fun
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) balloon (b) night (c) one
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) look – cook (b) one – cook (c) look – goat
  11. 11.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) high – night (b) white – plain (c) white – night
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “bun”? (a) bread (b) smell (c) one
  15. 15.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Children splash in muddy lanes (b) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) The dry leaves whisper
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fog – spoon (b) moon – tree (c) moon – spoon
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  19. 19.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) The dry leaves whisper (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) snake – red (b) head – bell (c) head – red
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) rat (b) fog (c) cook
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – wish (b) cake – wish (c) swish – guitar
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shed (b) house (c) well
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) goat – mouse (b) house – mouse (c) house – my
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) dish (b) bake (c) look
  35. 35.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Bees hum near the pond (b) Stars blink one by one (c) A tiny snail climbs the wall
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  37. 37.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) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) A cat on the wall
  38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mouse – key (b) bee – key (c) bee – cake
  39. 39.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. tree – knee
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. hook
  7. balloon
  8. 7
  9. 3
  10. look – cook
  11. 7
  12. white – night
  13. 3
  14. one
  15. The dry leaves whisper
  16. moon – spoon
  17. 7
  18. 5
  19. Waves carry shells to the shore
  20. head – red
  21. 1
  22. 2
  23. 5
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 7
  27. fog
  28. 5
  29. 5
  30. swish – wish
  31. well
  32. 4
  33. house – mouse
  34. look
  35. A tiny snail climbs the wall
  36. 5
  37. Paper boats sail down the drain
  38. bee – key
  39. 7
  40. 4

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