Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 87 · 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.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) noon – swish (b) dish – cake (c) dish – swish
2. 2.Which word rhymes with “wing”? (a) pie (b) head (c) sing
3. 3.Which word rhymes with “my”? (a) bake (b) wing (c) high
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “cucumber”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “Diyas glow at night” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word rhymes with “brain”? (a) high (b) clay (c) chain
7. 7.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) Clouds drift past the hill (c) Butterflies dance on the breeze
8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “The old banyan tree” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word rhymes with “look”? (a) cook (b) kite (c) sun
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) car (b) swish (c) one
11. 11.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A tiny snail climbs the wall (b) Hot pakoras on a plate (c) Peacocks spread their tails
12. 12.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word rhymes with “high”? (a) cold (b) fly (c) well
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “rake”? (a) lake (b) kite (c) gold
15. 15.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) sky (b) plain (c) ring
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tortoise”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word rhymes with “far”? (a) house (b) star (c) sun
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “jar”? (a) note (b) bright (c) far
19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fly – bun (b) shed – sky (c) fly – sky
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bun – sun (b) car – sun (c) bun – dish
22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) frog – bun (b) frog – log (c) cook – log
23. 23.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) My kitten sleeps in the sun (b) Bees hum near the pond (c) The temple bells ring softly
24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The temple bells ring softly (b) Diyas glow at night (c) Mangoes in the sun
27. 27.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) clay (b) spoon (c) tree
28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Morning bells ring out (b) Butterflies dance on the breeze (c) The kite string tugs at my hand
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tree”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) pie (b) lake (c) rat
31. 31.Which word rhymes with “clay”? (a) plain (b) day (c) tree
32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall” (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
33. 33.Which word rhymes with “shed”? (a) bread (b) gold (c) dish
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) rake (b) swing (c) red
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bee – sea (b) brain – sea (c) bee – bell
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) bed (b) swish (c) shell
39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – rat (b) bat – dog (c) cake – rat
40. 40.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) guitar (b) spoon (c) gold

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