Similes

Be quiet! You are as noisy as a herd of ____________.

• elephants

• buffaloes

• sheep

• cows

"Are you feeling sick? You look as pale as a ____________," asked Marina to Fiona.

• pastel

• moon

• ghost

• mud

My grandmother is as blind as a ____________ without her glasses.

• rabbit

• squirrel

• cat

• bat

Roy stepped on the cockroach and made it as flat as a ____________.

• plate

• carpet

• pancake

• paper

Dora's expensive new dress is as colourful as a ____________.

• lollipop

• rainbow

• funfair

• clown

Michael Phelps swims like a ________. He holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals.

Choose more than one possible answer:

I could not attend my online lessons today because my computer was as slow as a _________.

• turtle

• tortoise

• snail

• snake

Lamont Marcell Jacobs ran as fast as _________ and won the men's 100 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

That ballerina danced as graceful as a _________ and wowed the audience.

That man remained as cool as a _________ when he was accused of stealing the company's money.