Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 908 · 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:
   “The old banyan tree” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (b) A frog on a leaf (c) A green parrot sings
3. 3.Which word rhymes with “spoon”? (a) train (b) coat (c) moon
4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
   “The temple bells ring softly” (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) spoon – clay (b) stay – coat (c) stay – clay
6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) day – gold (b) fold – gold (c) fold – spoon
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – book (b) look – mouse (c) look – book
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word rhymes with “mat”? (a) bright (b) hat (c) bold
11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dog – snake (b) dog – log (c) house – log
12. 12.Which word rhymes with “float”? (a) coat (b) log (c) white
13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swing – snake (b) chain – king (c) swing – king
14. 14.Which word rhymes with “smell”? (a) well (b) coat (c) run
15. 15.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jog – sea (b) key – balloon (c) key – sea
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word rhymes with “kite”? (a) rain (b) note (c) light
19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Grandma hums an old sweet song” (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
20. 20.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – mouse (b) sing – wing (c) cat – wing
21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dragonfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads” (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) cat – bat (b) bee – bat (c) cat – fog
26. 26.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) hat (b) fog (c) bee
27. 27.Which word rhymes with “train”? (a) rain (b) bun (c) night
28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Clouds drift past the hill (b) Paper boats sail down the drain (c) Bees hum near the pond
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) light (b) cat (c) fog
31. 31.Which word rhymes with “noon”? (a) spoon (b) sky (c) key
32. 32.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) pie – look (b) took – spoon (c) took – look
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) night – bee (b) sea – bee (c) sea – fold
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “My kitten sleeps in the sun” (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bat – sun (b) bat – mat (c) fold – mat
38. 38.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) chain (b) wing (c) house
39. 39.Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) ring (b) sea (c) hat
40. 40.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – car (b) guitar – sea (c) guitar – car

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