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This document is a worksheet for Grade V students focused on similes and metaphors. It defines similes and metaphors, provides examples, and includes exercises for students to practice identifying and using these figures of speech. The worksheet aims to enhance students' understanding of figurative language in English.

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This document is a worksheet for Grade V students focused on similes and metaphors. It defines similes and metaphors, provides examples, and includes exercises for students to practice identifying and using these figures of speech. The worksheet aims to enhance students' understanding of figurative language in English.

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Grade: V English Div: R/E

Name: _____________________Roll No: _________ Date: ___________

Worksheet (Simile & Metaphor)

SIMILES

A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced


with the words “like” or “as”.

They help in giving a person a clear idea of what you are trying to say. For
example, if your grandmother has very white hair and you say the dress
you bought is as white as your grandmother’s hair, the person to whom you
are saying this meaningless as the person may have not seen your
grandma .Hence it’s a meaningless comparison.

It would be better to say the dress is as white as milk because everyone is


familiar with milk and its colour.

Some common similes are:-

As agile as a monkey As fresh as a daisy

As big as an elephant As good as gold

As blind as a bat As high as a kite

As bright as a button As hungry as a bear

As clear as a crystal As busy as a bee

As cunning as a fox As cute as a baby

As delicate as a flower As different as chalk from cheese

As dry as a bone As easy as ABC


As fit as a fiddle

As gentle as a lamb

As happy as a clown

As hoarse as a crow

As clean as a whistle

As stubborn as a mule

As deaf as a doorpost

Like a red rag to a bull

As pretty as a picture

As cold as ice
Exercise

Write the simile that best suits the sentence.

1 We were walking in the forest. It was very dark. We could not see a
thing. We were all

2 The air conditioner was turned on so low that soon we were all

3 The circus artists were well trained. They jumped from one trapeze to
the other

4 By the time mother came back, we had cleaned up the mess. The
room was

5 When Rahul got a puppy for his birthday, he was

6 Yesterday, Kareena was not feeling well, but now she is

7 Mrinal could not eat lunch in school, and now he is

8 The two sisters are totally different from each other, they are

9 The problem is very simple, it is

10 Rina has dressed up for the party. She looks


METAPHOR

A metaphor is one kind of figurative language.


It makes a direct comparison of two unlike things. You can tell the
difference between a metaphor and a simile because a simile uses the
words “like” or “as”, and a metaphor does not. Metaphors often use a
form of the verb “to be”. The verb can be in the past tense (was, were),
the present tense (am, is, are), or future tense (will be).
Have you ever had to do a chore you thought was so big you would
never finish it?
You can use a metaphor to describe it!
The laundry was a mountain on the couch, and I had to fold it all!
Connecting the laundry to a mountain, something understood to be
huge, emphasizes the fact that the chore is a large one.

Read the sentences below. Explain what the metaphor compares,


and why.
1. My dad is a bear in the morning before he drinks his coffee!
_____________ is being compared to __________________
because_____________________________________________.

2. The wind was an angry witch, howling across the night sky.
_________________ is being compared to _________________
because________________________________________________.

3. When it was her turn to dance, Melissa was a graceful butterfly flitting
across the stage.
__________________ is being compared to __________________
because _______________________________________________.

4. Steven’s angry words were bullets that hit Greg right in his heart.
___________________ is being compared to _________________.
because ______________________________________________.

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