Similes Worksheet – 105 Similes and Metaphors, Answer Key

Q: Is there an answer key?

Yes. It prints as the last page unless you untick Add an answer key as the last page under More options. It circles the right answer under every item of the sheet you print.

All 105 sentences

Simile or metaphor 66

The baby is a little angel.
The baby slept like a log.
The balloon floated like a bubble.
The bread was as hard as a rock.
The classroom was a zoo.
The classroom was as quiet as a mouse.
The clouds were cotton balls.
The field was a green carpet.
The fog was a gray wall.
The fog was as thick as soup.
The full moon was a silver plate.
The garden was a rainbow of flowers.
The giant was as tall as a tree.
The hallway was an oven in summer.
He ate like a hungry bear.
He runs like the wind.
He swam like a fish.
Her cheeks were as red as apples.
Her eyes twinkled like stars.
Her hands were as cold as ice.
Her hands were ice.
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
Her smile was sunshine.
His voice boomed like thunder.

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Simile or metaphor, continued

His voice was thunder.
His words were music to my ears.
The ice rink was a sheet of glass.
The kids ran around like wild ponies.
The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
The kitten is a fluffy cloud.
The kitten was as light as a feather.
The lake was a mirror.
The lake was as smooth as glass.
The leaves fell like rain.
The library is a treasure chest.
The moon looked like a silver coin.
My brother is as busy as a bee.
My feet felt like blocks of ice.
My room is a pigsty.
My sister is a busy bee.
My teacher is a walking dictionary.
My uncle is a bear in the morning.
The old car is a dinosaur.
The old dog was as gentle as a lamb.
The pillow was as soft as a cloud.
The playground was a jungle.
The puppy's fur was as white as snow.
The rain sounded like drums on the roof.
The rain was a drumroll on the roof.
The road was a long gray ribbon.
The road was as straight as a ruler.
The runner was a rocket.
The runner was as fast as a cheetah.
She sings like a bird.
The snow sparkled like sugar.
The snow was a white blanket on the town.
The stale bread was a rock.
The stars shone like diamonds.
The stars were diamonds in the sky.
The sun looked like a big orange ball.
The sun was a big orange ball in the sky.
The towel was as rough as sandpaper.
The trees were giants.
The trip was a roller coaster.
The water was as clear as crystal.
The waves were galloping horses.

Finish the simile 39

as black as ___
as brave as a ___
as bright as the ___
as busy as a ___
as clear as ___
as cold as ___
as dark as ___
as dry as a ___
as fast as a ___
as flat as a ___
as fresh as a ___
as gentle as a ___
as good as ___
as green as ___
as hard as a ___
as hot as ___
as hungry as a ___
as light as a ___
as loud as ___
as old as the ___
as proud as a ___
as quiet as a ___
as red as a ___
as round as a ___
as sharp as a ___
as slow as a ___
as sly as a ___
as smooth as ___
as snug as a bug in a ___
as soft as a ___
as sour as a ___
as stubborn as a ___
as sweet as ___
as tall as a ___
as white as ___
as wise as an ___
runs like the ___
sleeps like a ___
swims like a ___

How this list was compiled: Written by hand for this page: 105 items. In one set each sentence compares two things and is tagged simile (the comparison uses like or as) or metaphor (it says one thing is the other); in the other set a common simile is printed with its last word blank and two words that do not fit. The definitions follow Wikipedia's Simile and Metaphor articles, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor, read 2026-09-23. No sentence is quoted from a book, poem or song, and no person, brand or character is named. Licence: own work

How it works

A simile compares two things with like or as: he runs like the wind. A metaphor says one thing is the other: the classroom was a zoo. Each sheet draws 8 of our 105 items.

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Metaphor and simile worksheets

The page opens on Simile or metaphor (66 sentences, half of each). Many come in pairs, so her hands were as cold as ice sits in the bank beside her hands were ice.

Finish the simile

Set has a similes-only sheet: 39 common similes with the last word blank, such as as busy as a ___, and three words to circle (bee, sloth, rock).

Like or as alone does not make a simile: I like apples compares nothing. Look for two things being compared.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

A simile says one thing is like another, using like or as: the lake was as smooth as glass. A metaphor drops like and as and says it is the other thing: the lake was a mirror.

What grade learns similes and metaphors?

The Common Core asks fourth graders to explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (L.4.5a) and fifth graders to interpret them in context (L.5.5a).

Is there an answer key?

Yes. It prints as the last page unless you untick Add an answer key as the last page under More options. It circles the right answer under every item of the sheet you print.