Grade 4 figurative language practice that goes beyond labels and asks students to find the shared quality in each comparison. Fill-in items pull out compared nouns and qualities like 'graceful', 'busy', and 'brave', while a matching task connects similes and metaphors to their everyday meanings. Students learn to read closely and explain what each image suggests. 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. In 'The baby's cheeks were as pink as roses', the cheeks are compared to roses.
2. In 'My teacher is a walking dictionary', the shared quality is knowing many words.
3. In 'The lake was glass that morning', the lake's quality of being smooth is compared to glass.
4. In 'He fought like a lion', the shared quality is being brave.
5. A poem that says 'hope is a feather' uses a metaphor.
6. 'The leaves danced like ballerinas' gives leaves the quality of being graceful.
7. In 'Her temper is a volcano', her temper is compared to a volcano.
8. Similes and metaphors help readers picture, or imagine, what is described.
9. 'As busy as a bee' shares the quality of being busy with bees.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
As cold as ice
→ Simile — very cold
Metaphor — kind person
A heart of gold
→ Metaphor — kind person
Simile — very cold
Like a bull in a china shop
→ Simile — clumsy person
Metaphor — life as a play
The world is a stage
→ Metaphor — life as a play
Simile — clumsy person
Similes and Metaphors
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) In 'The baby's cheeks were as pink as roses', the cheeks are compared to roses.
2) In 'My teacher is a walking dictionary', the shared quality is knowing many words.
3) In 'The lake was glass that morning', the lake's quality of being smooth is compared to glass.
4) In 'He fought like a lion', the shared quality is being brave.
5) A poem that says 'hope is a feather' uses a metaphor.
6) 'The leaves danced like ballerinas' gives leaves the quality of being graceful.
7) In 'Her temper is a volcano', her temper is compared to a volcano.
8) Similes and metaphors help readers picture, or imagine, what is described.
9) 'As busy as a bee' shares the quality of being busy with bees.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
As cold as ice
→ Simile — very cold
Metaphor — kind person
A heart of gold
→ Metaphor — kind person
Simile — very cold
Like a bull in a china shop
→ Simile — clumsy person
Metaphor — life as a play
The world is a stage
→ Metaphor — life as a play
Simile — clumsy person
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