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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 77 · 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 “soon”? (a) house (b) spoon (c) wish
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A green parrot sings (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shed – rake (b) cat – red (c) shed – red
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  7. 7.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bell – tell (b) bell – head (c) run – tell
  10. 10.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  11. 11.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  12. 12.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) Little ants march on (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (b) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) Soft snow on the hills
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) note (b) rain (c) tree
  16. 16.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) Peacocks spread their tails (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “light”? (a) kite (b) snake (c) key
  18. 18.Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) cook (b) shed (c) rat
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) took – well (b) smell – well (c) smell – car
  20. 20.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Hot chai in a cup (b) Grandma hums an old sweet song (c) Butterflies dance on the breeze
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) day (b) hat (c) bread
  22. 22.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) red (b) look (c) noon
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) book – fog (b) jog – fog (c) jog – chain
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The temple bells ring softly”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “old”? (a) cold (b) moon (c) clay
  27. 27.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) sky (b) noon (c) fish
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bun (b) bold (c) bake
  30. 30.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) rake (b) swing (c) head
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “guitar”? (a) noon (b) far (c) sky
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “bee”? (a) shed (b) night (c) sea
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bake – far (b) car – bee (c) car – far
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “bat”? (a) cake (b) mat (c) soon
  37. 37.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) knee (b) rake (c) cat
  38. 38.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) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Kites dance in the sky
  39. 39.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) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Morning bells ring out
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “cold”? (a) bold (b) run (c) swing

Answer key

  1. spoon
  2. 1
  3. A green parrot sings
  4. 7
  5. shed – red
  6. 5
  7. 5
  8. 5
  9. bell – tell
  10. 7
  11. 7
  12. My kitten sleeps in the sun
  13. 3
  14. Soft snow on the hills
  15. tree
  16. Peacocks spread their tails
  17. kite
  18. rat
  19. smell – well
  20. Hot chai in a cup
  21. hat
  22. red
  23. jog – fog
  24. 5
  25. 7
  26. cold
  27. noon
  28. 1
  29. bake
  30. 5
  31. rake
  32. 5
  33. far
  34. sea
  35. car – far
  36. mat
  37. cat
  38. Paper boats sail down the drain
  39. Morning bells ring out
  40. bold

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