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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 916 · 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.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) smell – spoon (b) smell – well (c) fly – well
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  6. 6.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) car – goat (b) cook – far (c) car – far
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) book – look (b) book – wish (c) kite – look
  8. 8.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 lazy cow chews and chews (c) Little ants march on
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “snake”? (a) swing (b) bun (c) rake
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) tree (b) swing (c) fly
  12. 12.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) head – chain (b) head – shed (c) smell – shed
  13. 13.Which word rhymes with “frog”? (a) hook (b) fish (c) jog
  14. 14.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fold – bold (b) wish – bold (c) fold – play
  15. 15.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Morning bells ring out”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The kite string tugs at my hand”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tortoise”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  20. 20.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Peacocks spread their tails (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) Paper boats sail down the drain
  21. 21.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Cool rain falls on dusty roads (b) A frog on a leaf (c) The moon, round and white
  22. 22.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) key – rake (b) cake – sing (c) cake – rake
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) rake (b) my (c) tree
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  25. 25.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) moon – run (b) moon – balloon (c) mat – balloon
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) goat (b) car (c) sea
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “chapati”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  28. 28.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Mangoes in the sun (b) The kite string tugs at my hand (c) Kites dance in the sky
  29. 29.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – soon (b) wish – king (c) sing – king
  30. 30.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) snake – fog (b) log – fog (c) log – night
  31. 31.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Stars blink one by one (b) Waves carry shells to the shore (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “plain”? (a) key (b) fold (c) rain
  33. 33.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) Mangoes in the sun (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bell (b) fun (c) bee
  35. 35.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) tell – sky (b) tell – well (c) spoon – well
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  37. 37.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A cat on the wall (b) Old Grandpa naps in the shade (c) The temple bells ring softly
  38. 38.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 moon, round and white (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  39. 39.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “star”? (a) jar (b) rain (c) house

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 2
  3. smell – well
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. car – far
  7. book – look
  8. Little ants march on
  9. rake
  10. 2
  11. swing
  12. head – shed
  13. jog
  14. fold – bold
  15. 5
  16. 1
  17. 7
  18. 5
  19. 2
  20. Peacocks spread their tails
  21. Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  22. cake – rake
  23. my
  24. 7
  25. moon – balloon
  26. sea
  27. 3
  28. The kite string tugs at my hand
  29. sing – king
  30. log – fog
  31. Stars blink one by one
  32. rain
  33. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  34. fun
  35. tell – well
  36. 5
  37. A cat on the wall
  38. The moon, round and white
  39. 5
  40. jar

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