Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 822 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “A cat on the wall” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.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) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) The wind plays with my long hair
5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “A frog on a leaf” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
6. 6.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) fog (b) high (c) house
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fog – swish (b) wish – sky (c) wish – swish
9. 9.Which word rhymes with “log”? (a) fold (b) guitar (c) fog
10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The temple bells ring softly (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) Little ants march on
11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sun – bun (b) rain – bun (c) sun – red
12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rat – hat (b) chain – hat (c) rat – boat
13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors” (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) star (b) float (c) day
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) night – pie (b) night – kite (c) smell – kite
16. 16.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) Hot chai in a cup (c) Cool rain falls on dusty roads
17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – fish (b) swish – goat (c) cat – fish
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) ring (b) jar (c) snake
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) plain – ring (b) wing – play (c) wing – ring
21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – book (b) rain – brain (c) house – brain
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – cat (b) high – light (c) white – light
26. 26.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – ring (b) sing – blouse (c) rake – ring
28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Stars blink one by one (b) The temple bells ring softly (c) Clouds drift past the hill
29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) kite – hook (b) kite – night (c) snake – night
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) swish (b) mouse (c) bell
31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “car”? (a) bat (b) jar (c) goat
34. 34.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) bat (b) coat (c) red
35. 35.Which word rhymes with “guitar”? (a) jar (b) bat (c) sun
36. 36.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) shed (b) rake (c) balloon
37. 37.Which word rhymes with “chain”? (a) rain (b) tree (c) rat
38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) mat – jog (b) goat – bat (c) mat – bat
39. 39.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) blouse (b) knee (c) snake
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “mouse”? (a) bat (b) soon (c) house

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