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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 756 · 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.Which word rhymes with “jog”? (a) log (b) shell (c) blouse
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “crocodile”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – soon (b) moon – soon (c) moon – jar
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) wing – frog (b) log – bun (c) log – frog
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Old Grandpa naps in the shade”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – bee (b) knee – rat (c) knee – bee
  7. 7.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) hat (b) cook (c) clay
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) hook (b) king (c) tell
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) cat (b) blouse (c) dog
  13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) Green parrots chatter all day (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  15. 15.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The kite string tugs at my hand (b) A cat on the wall (c) The old banyan tree
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – cake (b) rake – run (c) rake – cake
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “look”? (a) wish (b) book (c) note
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 3 (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) The baby laughs at the moon (b) Peacocks spread their tails (c) A frog on a leaf
  20. 20.Which word rhymes with “dog”? (a) old (b) jog (c) plain
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) fog (b) white (c) book
  22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Diyas glow at night”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) lake – bake (b) cold – bake (c) lake – bee
  33. 33.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (b) Bees hum near the pond (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) bell (b) my (c) coat
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – hook (b) book – hook (c) book – jar
  36. 36.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) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – fog (b) log – fog (c) log – plain
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “balloon”? (a) dish (b) night (c) moon
  39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) train – moon (b) swing – rain (c) train – rain
  40. 40.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) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (c) Kites dance in the sky

Answer key

  1. log
  2. 3
  3. moon – soon
  4. log – frog
  5. 7
  6. knee – bee
  7. 7
  8. 5
  9. clay
  10. 3
  11. king
  12. dog
  13. 5
  14. Green parrots chatter all day
  15. The kite string tugs at my hand
  16. rake – cake
  17. book
  18. 4
  19. The baby laughs at the moon
  20. jog
  21. book
  22. 7
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. 1
  27. 5
  28. 3
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. lake – bake
  33. Bees hum near the pond
  34. my
  35. book – hook
  36. A brown sparrow builds a nest
  37. log – fog
  38. moon
  39. train – rain
  40. Kites dance in the sky

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