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We use like and as to make similes.

Shashi runs like a cheetah.

He swims as fast as a fish.

Here are some commonly used similes:

as busy as a bee
as crafty as a fox

as tall as a giant

as black as coal
as warm as wool

B1. Pick out the best simile from the brackets and complete the sentences.

1. The tea from the hilltop garden is as good as .
(coffee, gold, money, silver)

2. The grapes father brought yesterday tasted like .

(oranges, apples, milk, honey)
3. The helicopter hovered in the air like a .

(crow, balloon, butterfly, beetle)

4. My little cousins are as playful as .

(cricketers, kittens, cocks, elephants)

5. His hands were as cold as .
(water, ice cream, ice, coffee)

6. The water in the pond was as clear as .

(coal, crystal, ice, cucumber)

B2. Complete the following with suitable words or phrases to make similes.

1. The old man sitting in the corner looked like . . .

2. From the top of the building the people in the street below seemed
like . . .

3. This car can run as fast as . . .

4. The white clouds in the sky are like . . .

5. The reflection of the city lights in the river looked like . . .

6. The new manager in our firm is as cunning as a . . .
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