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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 843 · 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) rat – train (b) plain – train (c) plain – sea
  2. 2.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) float (b) noon (c) cake
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) book (b) moon (c) bat
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “boat”? (a) sun (b) float (c) far
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) house – tell (b) house – mouse (c) dog – mouse
  10. 10.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) Green parrots chatter all day (c) Waves kiss the warm sand
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “hat”? (a) dish (b) cat (c) day
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  13. 13.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) A frog on a leaf (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “car”? (a) book (b) far (c) snake
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Ripe mangoes fall from the tree”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) sun (b) my (c) bold
  17. 17.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) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) Peacocks spread their tails
  18. 18.Which word rhymes with “noon”? (a) my (b) soon (c) tell
  19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) sing (b) sky (c) spoon
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – kite (b) bright – hook (c) bright – kite
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “jalebi”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) clay (b) dog (c) sea
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – balloon (b) red – plain (c) rain – plain
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – tell (b) bat – mat (c) rain – mat
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Little ants march on (b) Children splash in muddy lanes (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) ring – took (b) run – sing (c) ring – sing
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cook – look (b) coat – look (c) cook – wish
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tortoise”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rake – bake (b) rake – knee (c) log – bake
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sing (b) white (c) soon
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  34. 34.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.Which word rhymes with “dish”? (a) goat (b) swish (c) look
  38. 38.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Green parrots chatter all day”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  39. 39.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) Mangoes in the sun
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. plain – train
  2. 5
  3. 5
  4. noon
  5. moon
  6. 7
  7. float
  8. 7
  9. house – mouse
  10. Green parrots chatter all day
  11. cat
  12. 5
  13. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  14. far
  15. 7
  16. my
  17. Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  18. soon
  19. 7
  20. 2
  21. sky
  22. bright – kite
  23. 3
  24. sea
  25. rain – plain
  26. bat – mat
  27. Children splash in muddy lanes
  28. ring – sing
  29. cook – look
  30. 2
  31. rake – bake
  32. white
  33. 5
  34. 7
  35. 7
  36. 3
  37. swish
  38. 7
  39. Mangoes in the sun
  40. 3

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