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Year 3 English · Poems and patterns

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. In the rain poem, which words are repeated at the start of every second line?
- ☐ (a) Tap, tap
- ☐ (b) Rain, rain
- ☐ (c) Splash
2. In the cat and frog poem, which word rhymes with 'log'?
- ☐ (a) met
- ☐ (b) small
- ☐ (c) frog
3. Which group of words all rhyme?
- ☐ (a) cat, cup, cot
- ☐ (b) cat, hat, mat
- ☐ (c) hat, hen, hop
4. What is repetition in a poem?
- ☐ (a) using very long lines
- ☐ (b) using big words
- ☐ (c) using the same word or line again
5. In the rain poem, what sound does the rain make on the roof?
- ☐ (a) Tap
- ☐ (b) Splash
- ☐ (c) Pat
6. How many times is 'tap' written in the line 'Tap, tap, tap.'? Type a number.
7. Type a word that rhymes with 'cat' and starts with b.
8. How many beats (syllables) are in the word 'puddles'? Type a number.

Answer sheet

1. Rain, rain — 'Rain, rain' starts the first, third and fifth lines.
2. frog — 'Frog' and 'log' both end with 'og'.
3. cat, hat, mat — 'Cat', 'hat' and 'mat' all end with 'at'.
4. using the same word or line again — Repetition means using a word, phrase or line more than once.
5. Tap — 'Rain, rain on the roof, / Tap, tap, tap.'
6. 3 — Tap, tap, tap: three times.
7. bat — b + at = bat.
8. 2 — pud – dles: 2 beats.