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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 938 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Paper boats sail down the drain (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) Rain taps on the roof
  3. 3.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Butterflies dance on the breeze”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  7. 7.Which word rhymes with “old”? (a) gold (b) wing (c) my
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) ring (b) bold (c) hat
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “knee”? (a) plain (b) jog (c) bee
  10. 10.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) bell – well (b) lake – well (c) bell – rat
  11. 11.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) car – smell (b) pie – far (c) car – far
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “mouse”? (a) blouse (b) book (c) mat
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) fun – play (b) day – play (c) day – coat
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word rhymes with “bright”? (a) tell (b) kite (c) train
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The baby laughs at the moon”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “octopus”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8
  20. 20.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) Paper boats sail down the drain
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “parrot”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  23. 23.Which word rhymes with “ring”? (a) sing (b) snake (c) tree
  24. 24.Which word rhymes with “bee”? (a) chain (b) bright (c) knee
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word rhymes with “boat”? (a) fly (b) soon (c) float
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Paper boats sail down the drain”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Monsoon clouds roll in”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which word rhymes with “sky”? (a) fly (b) moon (c) wing
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rhinoceros”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Little ants march on”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  36. 36.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves kiss the warm sand”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) balloon – knee (b) cook – moon (c) balloon – moon
  38. 38.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – fish (b) key – fish (c) swish – bake
  39. 39.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 lazy cow chews and chews (c) Diyas glow at night
  40. 40.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Waves carry shells to the shore”     (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 7

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. Rain taps on the roof
  3. 7
  4. 3
  5. 7
  6. 3
  7. gold
  8. hat
  9. bee
  10. bell – well
  11. car – far
  12. blouse
  13. day – play
  14. 5
  15. kite
  16. 7
  17. 7
  18. 3
  19. 7
  20. The moon, round and white
  21. 2
  22. 5
  23. sing
  24. knee
  25. 5
  26. float
  27. 2
  28. 3
  29. 5
  30. 3
  31. 7
  32. 5
  33. fly
  34. 4
  35. 5
  36. 5
  37. balloon – moon
  38. swish – fish
  39. Diyas glow at night
  40. 7

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