Reading Comprehension

How many syllables are in the 2nd line of a Haiku poem?

• 7

• 5

• 4

• 10

What is the total number of Syllables in one Haiku verse or poem?

• 12 twelve

• 6 six

• 17 seventeen

• 20 twenty

Which one of these alternative titles matches our poem Haiku the cat?

• The naughty dog

• Rainbow the unlucky gold fish

• A day in the life of a cat

• All about pets

Select the act that Haiku is not guilty of in the poem.

• Throwing the TV remote

• Trying to eat the goldfish

• Hiding under the bed

• Chewing the curtain

What did Haiku roar at?

• a fly

• an ant

• a mouse

• a lion

What was Haiku doing under the bed?

• Eating

• Sleeping

• Hiding

• washing

Complete the simile used in the poem

Quiet as a..........

• feather

• candle

• tortoise

• mouse

Haiku poems are traditional.....?

• English poems

• Japenese poems

• Chinese poems

• French poems

What were most Haiku poems about in the past?

• food

• children

• nature

• space

Haiku poems are written in the present tense.

• True

• False