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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 776 · 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 pair of words rhyme? (a) boat – far (b) boat – goat (c) cake – goat
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) boat – float (b) king – float (c) boat – smell
  4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Stars blink one by one (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) Hot pakoras on a plate
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – rake (b) ring – noon (c) soon – noon
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) bat (b) head (c) fish
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cold – chain (b) cold – fold (c) bell – fold
  10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Clouds drift past the hill (b) A green parrot sings (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “crocodile”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shed – look (b) cook – coat (c) cook – look
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “took”? (a) snake (b) book (c) clay
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  16. 16.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) Mangoes in the sun (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) took – day (b) cake – look (c) took – look
  18. 18.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) The puddles shine like mirrors
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bold (b) fun (c) head
  20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) coat – goat (b) bat – goat (c) coat – sing
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – cake (b) cook – book (c) bed – book
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “red”? (a) bread (b) white (c) noon
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “car”? (a) my (b) star (c) train
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “look”? (a) train (b) shed (c) took
  27. 27.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) log – dog (b) sea – dog (c) log – far
  29. 29.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A green parrot sings (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) The old banyan tree
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) gold (b) soon (c) fish
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) one – sun (b) plain – sun (c) one – mouse
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “note”? (a) coat (b) blouse (c) gold
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “helicopter”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7

Answer key

  1. boat – goat
  2. 3
  3. boat – float
  4. Stars blink one by one
  5. 7
  6. 1
  7. soon – noon
  8. head
  9. cold – fold
  10. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. cook – look
  14. book
  15. 7
  16. The baby laughs at the moon
  17. took – look
  18. The old banyan tree
  19. fun
  20. coat – goat
  21. 5
  22. cook – book
  23. bread
  24. star
  25. 2
  26. took
  27. 5
  28. log – dog
  29. The kite string tugs at my hand
  30. fish
  31. 2
  32. one – sun
  33. coat
  34. 7
  35. 3
  36. 3
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 4
  40. 7

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