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Haiku and Rhyme Worksheet

Creative writing lesson 23: Poems: rhyme and haiku · Set 974 · 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:
    “Bees hum near the pond”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  2. 2.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the FIRST line (5 syllables)? (a) A brown sparrow builds a nest (b) Snowflakes land on my warm nose (c) The dry leaves whisper
  3. 3.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) sing – high (b) sing – wing (c) tree – wing
  4. 4.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) The wind plays with my long hair (b) The dry leaves whisper (c) A frog on a leaf
  5. 5.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) pie – bold (b) tray – fly (c) pie – fly
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) star – car (b) bat – car (c) star – one
  9. 9.Which word rhymes with “hook”? (a) mat (b) bread (c) book
  10. 10.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Stars blink one by one (b) A frog on a leaf (c) The baby laughs at the moon
  11. 11.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 wind plays with my long hair (c) Clouds drift past the hill
  12. 12.Which word rhymes with “sea”? (a) boat (b) bold (c) bee
  13. 13.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) swish – tray (b) high – fish (c) swish – fish
  14. 14.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Mangoes in the sun”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  16. 16.Which word rhymes with “rat”? (a) bed (b) cat (c) king
  17. 17.Which word rhymes with “light”? (a) swish (b) kite (c) chain
  18. 18.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The wind plays with my long hair”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “samosa”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The lazy cow chews and chews”     (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7
  21. 21.Which word rhymes with “coat”? (a) night (b) boat (c) bake
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “rainbow”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Children splash in muddy lanes”     (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6
  24. 24.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) dish – my (b) far – swish (c) dish – swish
  25. 25.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Snowflakes land on my warm nose”     (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8
  26. 26.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) blouse – mouse (b) shell – mouse (c) blouse – sea
  27. 27.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Cool rain falls on dusty roads”     (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 6
  28. 28.Which word rhymes with “goat”? (a) soon (b) float (c) snake
  29. 29.Which word rhymes with “mouse”? (a) shell (b) house (c) brain
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in the word “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  31. 31.A haiku has 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Which line could be the MIDDLE line (7 syllables)? (a) Bees hum near the pond (b) Soft snow on the hills (c) Children splash in muddy lanes
  32. 32.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Hot chai in a cup”     (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 5
  33. 33.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “Soft snow on the hills”     (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6
  34. 34.Which word rhymes with “run”? (a) gold (b) float (c) sun
  35. 35.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “The dry leaves whisper”     (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4
  36. 36.Which word rhymes with “tell”? (a) high (b) jog (c) smell
  37. 37.Count the syllables (beats) in this haiku line:
    “A frog on a leaf”     (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6
  38. 38.Which word rhymes with “noon”? (a) soon (b) bed (c) look
  39. 39.Which pair of words rhyme? (a) my – light (b) white – bun (c) white – light
  40. 40.Which word rhymes with “frog”? (a) fun (b) day (c) jog

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. The dry leaves whisper
  3. sing – wing
  4. The wind plays with my long hair
  5. pie – fly
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. star – car
  9. book
  10. The baby laughs at the moon
  11. Clouds drift past the hill
  12. bee
  13. swish – fish
  14. 5
  15. 4
  16. cat
  17. kite
  18. 7
  19. 3
  20. 7
  21. boat
  22. 2
  23. 7
  24. dish – swish
  25. 7
  26. blouse – mouse
  27. 7
  28. float
  29. house
  30. 4
  31. Children splash in muddy lanes
  32. 5
  33. 5
  34. sun
  35. 5
  36. smell
  37. 5
  38. soon
  39. white – light
  40. jog

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