Assessment questions

Complete the following similes

1. Care is to carefully, as ____ is to merrily.

2. Brave is to timid as fail is to ____.

3. A butterfly is to caterpillar as a locust is to _____.

4. A lawyer is to ____ as a doctor is to a patient.

5. Funny is to fun as essential is to _____.

6. Criticism is to ______ as is opposition to opposer.

7. Captain is to the ship as the ______ is to the horse.

8. Disappear is to vanish as hide is to ______.

 

Replace the parts with italics with your own expressions

1. As hairy as a gorilla.

2. As fast as a rabbit.

3. As playful as a puppy.

4. As slow as a snail

5. As smooth as glass

6. As flat as a pancake

7. As busy as a bee

8. As blue as the sky.

9. As innocent as a new-born baby.

10. As green as grass.

 

Exercise

1. As fast as _____.

2. As harmless as ____

3. As timid as _____.

4. As busy as _____.

5. As old as _____.

6. As regular as _____.

7. As wise as _____.

8. As strong as _____