Similes Quiz

Tim could see the fishes and corals in Redang Island because the sea water was ______________.

• as clean as a whistle

• as clear as crystal

• as cold as ice

• as calm as a cat

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My sister was _________________ preparing for her ballet performance tomorrow. She had a lot to practice.

• as angry as an ant

• as busy as a bee

• as fierce as a tiger

• as proud as a peacock

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The exam was ______________ for Nora because she had studied hard and prepared well for it.

• as old as the hills

• as light as a feather

• as easy as ABC

• as cool as a cucumber

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

My friends and I sold our old toys and donated the money to an old man who was ________________.

• as slippery as an eel

• as stubborn as a mule

• as pale as a sheet

• as poor as a church mouse

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Without his spectacles, Abu is ________________.

• as blind as a bat

• as black as coal

• as slow as a snail

• as tall as a giraffe

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Nobody likes Lisa because she is ________________. She always boasts about how rich her parents are.

• as cold as ice

• as wise as an owl

• as pretty as a picture

• as proud as a peacock

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Jenny was _______________ when she received a new bicycle for her birthday.

• as quick as lightning

• as happy as a lark

• as fresh as a daisy

• as hungry as a wolf

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The ballet dancer was _______________. Everyone praised her after the performance.

• as sly as a fox

• as quiet as a mouse

• as graceful as a swan

• as smooth as velvet

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My grandfather is eighty years old but he is still ________________. He exercises daily at the park.

• as sick as a dog

• as fierce as a tiger

• as good as gold

• as fit as a fiddle

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The scouts were exhausted after the camping trip so they ________________ when they reached home.

• smelt like a bear

• slept like a log

• ate like a pig

• ran like the lightning

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D