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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 856 · 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 “bread”? (a) head (b) bell (c) fly
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) smell – white (b) fly – tell (c) smell – tell
  3. 3.Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) shed (b) rat (c) stay
  4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (b) The puddles shine like mirrors (c) A green parrot sings
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  6. 6.Which word rhymes with “key”? (a) note (b) pie (c) tree
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “crocodile”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “old”? (a) far (b) bell (c) cold
  10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The puddles shine like mirrors (b) The baby laughs at the moon (c) Monsoon clouds roll in
  11. 11.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The dry leaves whisper (b) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (c) Rain taps on the roof
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) clay – kite (b) clay – stay (c) soon – stay
  13. 13.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) shed – sun (b) clay – red (c) shed – red
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) light – cat (b) gold – bright (c) light – bright
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) lake (b) fun (c) night
  18. 18.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (b) Monsoon clouds roll in (c) The old banyan tree
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – dish (b) soon – balloon (c) fog – balloon
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hook – took (b) hook – mat (c) gold – took
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) boat – day (b) boat – coat (c) moon – coat
  24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Paper boats sail down the drain (b) Morning bells ring out (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – tree (b) bee – jog (c) bee – tree
  27. 27.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Soft snow on the hills (b) The old banyan tree (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) cold (b) blouse (c) rat
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) dish (b) train (c) my
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “white”? (a) night (b) dish (c) bell
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) white – play (b) bat – night (c) white – night
  36. 36.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) rain – jar (b) well – train (c) rain – train
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – lake (b) cat – car (c) star – car
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bread (b) pie (c) bun
  39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – float (b) boat – stay (c) boat – float
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “red”? (a) bread (b) balloon (c) day

Answer key

  1. head
  2. smell – tell
  3. shed
  4. A green parrot sings
  5. 5
  6. tree
  7. 3
  8. 7
  9. cold
  10. Monsoon clouds roll in
  11. Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  12. clay – stay
  13. 7
  14. shed – red
  15. 3
  16. light – bright
  17. fun
  18. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  19. 3
  20. 5
  21. soon – balloon
  22. hook – took
  23. boat – coat
  24. Morning bells ring out
  25. 3
  26. bee – tree
  27. The baby laughs at the moon
  28. rat
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. 2
  32. dish
  33. 3
  34. night
  35. white – night
  36. rain – train
  37. star – car
  38. bun
  39. boat – float
  40. bread

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