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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 939 · 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 “cat”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word rhymes with “play”? (a) day (b) dog (c) plain
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.Which word rhymes with “jar”? (a) noon (b) frog (c) car
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “peacock”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A green parrot sings”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  7. 7.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) plain – blouse (b) house – red (c) house – blouse
  8. 8.Which word rhymes with “dish”? (a) coat (b) swish (c) head
  9. 9.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A cat on the wall”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word rhymes with “lake”? (a) boat (b) stay (c) snake
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “bat”? (a) cat (b) key (c) cold
  13. 13.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) The old banyan tree (b) Ripe mangoes fall from the tree (c) My kitten sleeps in the sun
  14. 14.Which word rhymes with “pie”? (a) sky (b) rain (c) blouse
  15. 15.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) A frog on a leaf (b) A brown sparrow builds a nest (c) Waves kiss the warm sand
  16. 16.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The puddles shine like mirrors”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  17. 17.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The old banyan tree”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kite”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) chain – train (b) chain – day (c) noon – train
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “sun”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  21. 21.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The moon, round and white”     (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5
  22. 22.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A tiny snail climbs the wall”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Stars blink one by one”     (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) Diyas glow at night (b) The wind plays with my long hair (c) Snowflakes land on my warm nose
  25. 25.Which word rhymes with “swing”? (a) took (b) spoon (c) sing
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  28. 28.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) soon – shell (b) soon – noon (c) tray – noon
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) bee (b) sun (c) moon
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “school”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.Which word rhymes with “fun”? (a) sun (b) tree (c) star
  32. 32.Which word rhymes with “shell”? (a) spoon (b) tell (c) light
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  34. 34.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) log – moon (b) log – fog (c) light – fog
  35. 35.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) The moon, round and white (c) Waves carry shells to the shore
  36. 36.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Kites dance in the sky (b) Little ants march on (c) Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A brown sparrow builds a nest”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  38. 38.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot pakoras on a plate”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  39. 39.Which word rhymes with “soon”? (a) hook (b) spoon (c) car
  40. 40.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Monsoon clouds roll in (b) Mangoes in the sun (c) Cool rain falls on dusty roads

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. day
  3. 3
  4. car
  5. 2
  6. 5
  7. house – blouse
  8. swish
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. snake
  12. cat
  13. The old banyan tree
  14. sky
  15. A brown sparrow builds a nest
  16. 7
  17. 5
  18. 1
  19. chain – train
  20. 1
  21. 5
  22. 7
  23. 5
  24. Diyas glow at night
  25. sing
  26. 3
  27. 5
  28. soon – noon
  29. sun
  30. 1
  31. sun
  32. tell
  33. 4
  34. log – fog
  35. Waves carry shells to the shore
  36. Old Grandpa naps in the shade
  37. 7
  38. 7
  39. spoon
  40. Cool rain falls on dusty roads

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