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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 862 · 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.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Grandma hums an old sweet song (b) My kitten sleeps in the sun (c) The moon, round and white
  2. 2.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – kite (b) light – book (c) light – kite
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cold – old (b) rat – old (c) cold – boat
  4. 4.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – smell (b) tell – red (c) tell – smell
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “blouse”? (a) day (b) mouse (c) spoon
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  7. 7.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) A green parrot sings (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – fold (b) head – house (c) blouse – house
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cat”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) blouse (b) look (c) snake
  12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The temple bells ring softly”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The moon, round and white (b) A green parrot sings (c) The wind plays with my long hair
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) car (b) bell (c) soon
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Grandma hums an old sweet song”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  17. 17.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) The wind plays with my long hair (c) Butterflies dance on the breeze
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) well (b) old (c) tray
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) hat (b) fly (c) swish
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) stay – tree (b) stay – clay (c) jog – clay
  23. 23.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A frog on a leaf (b) A tiny snail climbs the wall (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – spoon (b) noon – spoon (c) noon – old
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  28. 28.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) house (b) old (c) high
  31. 31.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) took – red (b) house – hook (c) took – hook
  32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) hook – took (b) hook – float (c) red – took
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  34. 34.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Waves carry shells to the shore (b) The old banyan tree (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) cake (b) balloon (c) star
  37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) A cat on the wall (c) Grandma hums an old sweet song
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “swish”? (a) note (b) fish (c) shed
  39. 39.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “jar”? (a) far (b) swish (c) rat

Answer key

  1. The moon, round and white
  2. light – kite
  3. cold – old
  4. tell – smell
  5. mouse
  6. 5
  7. The kite string tugs at my hand
  8. 4
  9. blouse – house
  10. 1
  11. look
  12. 7
  13. The wind plays with my long hair
  14. soon
  15. 5
  16. 7
  17. Kites dance in the sky
  18. 3
  19. well
  20. 2
  21. fly
  22. stay – clay
  23. A frog on a leaf
  24. 5
  25. noon – spoon
  26. 1
  27. 5
  28. 7
  29. 5
  30. high
  31. took – hook
  32. hook – took
  33. 4
  34. The old banyan tree
  35. 2
  36. balloon
  37. Grandma hums an old sweet song
  38. fish
  39. 7
  40. far

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