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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 737 · 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:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tray – frog (b) king – clay (c) tray – clay
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) guitar – shell (b) gold – jar (c) guitar – jar
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Rain taps on the roof”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  7. 7.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) The wind plays with my long hair (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) clay (b) bed (c) bat
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sea (b) shed (c) blouse
  10. 10.Which word rhymes with “bee”? (a) fly (b) tree (c) shell
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) spoon (b) plain (c) my
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – sea (b) noon – snake (c) rake – snake
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) log – jog (b) log – rain (c) lake – jog
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “tray”? (a) house (b) day (c) bold
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) chain (b) tree (c) tell
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) jar (b) fun (c) moon
  18. 18.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) Butterflies dance on the breeze (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – stay (b) wing – stay (c) day – hat
  20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Grandma hums an old sweet song”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) goat – house (b) stay – float (c) goat – float
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – cook (b) tree – wing (c) sing – wing
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – dish (b) swish – dish (c) swish – pie
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves carry shells to the shore”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) mouse (b) plain (c) sea
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hook – smell (b) kite – book (c) hook – book
  27. 27.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  29. 29.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Morning bells ring out (b) Hot chai in a cup (c) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – rain (b) brain – fish (c) hat – rain
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – well (b) cook – book (c) lake – book
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  33. 33.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A cat on the wall (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) A frog on a leaf
  34. 34.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (b) Soft snow on the hills (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Peacocks spread their tails”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – fish (b) old – fold (c) look – fold
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) soon (b) fun (c) lake

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. tray – clay
  5. guitar – jar
  6. 5
  7. Kites dance in the sky
  8. bat
  9. sea
  10. tree
  11. plain
  12. rake – snake
  13. log – jog
  14. 3
  15. day
  16. chain
  17. fun
  18. Peacocks spread their tails
  19. day – stay
  20. 7
  21. goat – float
  22. sing – wing
  23. swish – dish
  24. 7
  25. mouse
  26. hook – book
  27. 7
  28. 5
  29. Ripe mangoes fall from the tree
  30. brain – rain
  31. cook – book
  32. 5
  33. The baby laughs at the moon
  34. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 5
  38. old – fold
  39. 2
  40. fun

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