Grade 4 mixed practice telling similes and metaphors apart in different sentences. Fill-in items label sentences as similes or metaphors, identify shared qualities, and review key terms such as figurative and literal. A matching task pairs short sentences with the correct figurative type and meaning so students can sort comparisons quickly and accurately. This Grade 4 worksheet supports classroom practice and homework review at home.
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Similes and Metaphors
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The sentence 'The moon is a silver coin' is a metaphor.
2. The sentence 'She sings like an angel' is a simile.
3. In 'as quiet as a mouse', the quality being compared is being quiet.
4. In 'The wind was an angry beast', the wind is compared to a beast.
5. Similes always need the word 'like' or the word as.
6. Figurative language is the opposite of literal language.
7. 'His feet are blocks of ice' is a metaphor comparing feet to ice.
8. 'The road twisted like a snake' compares the road to a snake.
9. Both similes and metaphors are kinds of figurative language.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
The cookies were as warm as toast.
→ Simile (uses 'as ___ as')
Metaphor (laughter = music)
Her laughter is music.
→ Metaphor (laughter = music)
Simile (uses 'as ___ as')
He runs like the wind.
→ Simile (uses 'like')
Metaphor (night = curtain)
The night was a black curtain.
→ Metaphor (night = curtain)
Simile (uses 'like')
Similes and Metaphors
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The sentence 'The moon is a silver coin' is a metaphor.
2) The sentence 'She sings like an angel' is a simile.
3) In 'as quiet as a mouse', the quality being compared is being quiet.
4) In 'The wind was an angry beast', the wind is compared to a beast.
5) Similes always need the word 'like' or the word as.
6) Figurative language is the opposite of literal language.
7) 'His feet are blocks of ice' is a metaphor comparing feet to ice.
8) 'The road twisted like a snake' compares the road to a snake.
9) Both similes and metaphors are kinds of figurative language.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
The cookies were as warm as toast.
→ Simile (uses 'as ___ as')
Metaphor (laughter = music)
Her laughter is music.
→ Metaphor (laughter = music)
Simile (uses 'as ___ as')
He runs like the wind.
→ Simile (uses 'like')
Metaphor (night = curtain)
The night was a black curtain.
→ Metaphor (night = curtain)
Simile (uses 'like')
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