Figurate Language Warm up - Skills for Success 5 Unit 1

Learning English is like ....

• hiking in a forest

• climbing a mountain

• skating in the park

• swimming in the ocean

He is as busy as ...

After a long trip, she sleeps like ...

• a plant

• a tree

• a log

• a wood

Anne is the best swimmer in our class. She swims like ...

The bed was as soft as ...

• a cloud

• the sky

• the air

• oxygen

His words ______ at her heart and made her cry.

• slashed

• pointed

• poked

• stabbed

My children have ______ into confident and mature adults

• planted

• flowered

• blossomed

• emerged

He was a _______ in the fight.

• python

• lion

• crocodile

• hippo

My heart was ________ after I figured out my boyfriend cheated on me

• beating

• pumping

• healed

• broken

Dr. Catherine is known to have a heart of ________ since she never tolerates any mistakes in her students' assignments