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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 936 · 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 pair of words rhyme? (a) sky – pie (b) sky – sun (c) boat – pie
  2. 2.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) bat (b) sing (c) tree
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – moon (b) mouse – moon (c) soon – fly
  4. 4.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Clouds drift past the hill”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  5. 5.Which word rhymes with “far”? (a) jog (b) balloon (c) guitar
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) rat (b) jar (c) stay
  8. 8.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  9. 9.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) brain – cake (b) brain – train (c) swish – train
  10. 10.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) Morning bells ring out (c) Green parrots chatter all day
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) jog – pie (b) high – dish (c) high – pie
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “fish”? (a) light (b) dish (c) noon
  13. 13.Which word rhymes with “wish”? (a) frog (b) fold (c) fish
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “moon”? (a) soon (b) run (c) jar
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Kites dance in the sky”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  17. 17.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – moon (b) balloon – night (c) bell – moon
  18. 18.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Butterflies dance on the breeze (b) Bees hum near the pond (c) Cool rain falls on dusty roads
  19. 19.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Diyas glow at night (b) Stars blink one by one (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word rhymes with “cook”? (a) far (b) shell (c) hook
  23. 23.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fly – smell (b) shell – cold (c) shell – smell
  24. 24.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “book”? (a) cook (b) moon (c) rain
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “balloon”? (a) well (b) soon (c) mouse
  27. 27.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fly – high (b) gold – high (c) fly – bat
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “sing”? (a) hook (b) wing (c) one
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  30. 30.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) fish (b) smell (c) look
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tiger”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “red”? (a) day (b) swing (c) head
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – fish (b) chain – rain (c) stay – rain
  35. 35.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 lazy cow chews and chews (c) Green parrots chatter all day
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “day”? (a) train (b) sky (c) stay
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) old – gold (b) bun – gold (c) old – soon
  38. 38.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Rain taps on the roof”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “bake”? (a) moon (b) gold (c) cake

Answer key

  1. sky – pie
  2. sing
  3. soon – moon
  4. 5
  5. guitar
  6. 7
  7. stay
  8. 7
  9. brain – train
  10. Green parrots chatter all day
  11. high – pie
  12. dish
  13. fish
  14. soon
  15. 3
  16. 5
  17. balloon – moon
  18. Bees hum near the pond
  19. Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. hook
  23. shell – smell
  24. 7
  25. cook
  26. soon
  27. fly – high
  28. wing
  29. 7
  30. look
  31. 2
  32. head
  33. 5
  34. chain – rain
  35. Kites dance in the sky
  36. stay
  37. old – gold
  38. 5
  39. 5
  40. cake

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