Hàng Phúc Mỹ Phương SIMILES (AS … AS …) EXERCISE 1: Use the following words to complete the similes a new pin – a bird – you are painted – day – a bee – mud – a beetroot – a bat – a bell - brass 1. (as) busy as . to be moving about quickly doing many things 2. go as red as . to have a red face because you are embarrassed 3. (as) free as . completely free to do as you want 4. not be as black as . not to be as bad as people say you are 5. (as) blind as . INFORMAL HUMOROUS unable to see well 6. (as) bold as . with extreme confidence or without the respect or politeness people usually show 7. (as) clean as . OLD-FASHIONED extremely clean 8. (as) clear as . very easy to hear 9. (as) clear as . very easy to understand 10. (as) clear as . HUMOROUS very difficult to understand EXERCISE 2: Use the following words to complete the similes a cucumber – ditchwater – a feather – a dodo – a doornail – a bone – ice – clockwork – a brush – a post 1. (as) regular as . very regularly, or at exactly the planned times 2. (as) cold as . to be extremely cold 3. (as) cool as . very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising 4. (as) daft as . UK INFORMAL to be very silly 5. (as) dead as . INFORMAL to not be important or popular any longer 6. as dead as . INFORMAL to be clearly and obviously dead 7. (as) deaf as . INFORMAL completely deaf 8. as dry as . extremely dry 9. (as) dull as . INFORMAL to be very boring 10. (as) light as a feather . to be very light in weight EXERCISE 3: Use the following words to complete the similes your word – a daisy – a fiddle – a flash – a kite – a pancake – mustard – life – gold – new 1. be (as) fit as . to be very healthy and strong 2. quick as . INFORMAL quickly or suddenly 3. (as) flat as . INFORMAL to be very flat 4. as fresh as . to be full of energy and enthusiasm 5. (as) good as . (of a child) to behave very well 6. (as) good as . to be in very good condition 7. as good as . to do everything that you promise someone you will Page 1 – SIMILES /HPMP Hàng Phúc Mỹ Phương 8. as high as . to feel very happy and excited 9. (as) keen as . UK OLD-FASHIONED very eager and interested in everything 10. (as) large as . used as a way of describing a person you see, and are surprised to see, in a particular place EXERCISE 4: Use the following words to complete the similes church mice – a feather – a hatter – a fruitcake – Lucifer – Punch – the hills – your arm – the nose on your face – Methuselah 1. (as) light as . very light 2. (as) long as . INFORMAL very long 3. (as) proud as . extremely proud or satisfied with yourself 4. (as) mad as . extremely silly or stupid 5. as old as . HUMOROUS describes an extremely old person 6. (as) old as . to be very old 7. (as) nutty as . INFORMAL to be a very strange or mad person 8. (as) plain as . to be very obvious 9. (as) pleased as . OLD-FASHIONED very pleased 10. as poor as . OLD-FASHIONED to be very poor EXERCISE 5: Use the following words to complete the similes a mule – rain – a die – a ramrod – houses – sin – a bell – the driven snow – a rock – silk 1. as pure as . to be morally completely good 2. (as) stiff/straight as . very straight 3. as stubborn as . to be very stubborn 4. as right as . INFORMAL to be healthy, especially after having been ill for a period of time 5. (as) solid as . to be very strong 6. as safe as . UK very safe 7. as guilty/miserable/ugly as . INFORMAL very guilty, miserable or ugly 8. as smooth as . extremely smooth 9. as sound as . UK INFORMAL to be very healthy or in very good condition 10. (as) straight as . completely honest EXERCISE 6: Use the following words to complete the similes old boots – taking candy from a baby – two short planks – a sheet – thieves 1. as easy as . US INFORMAL to be very easy 2. (as) thick as . INFORMAL to be very close friends and share secrets 3. (as) thick as . SLANG very stupid 4. (as) tough as . very strong, and not easily made weaker Page 2 – SIMILES /HPMP Hàng Phúc Mỹ Phương 5. (as) white as . If someone is (as) white as a sheet, their face is very pale, usually because of illness, shock or fear. EXERCISE Whenever I talked about his past life, he would go beetroot. I'm as blind as a bat without my glasses. She marched into the shop, as bold as brass, and demanded her money back. Clear as a bell, from the back of the theatre came a child's voice saying, "I want to go home". The instructions were as clear as day. His instructions were as clear as mud. Since the recent improvements to the service, the buses are running like clockwork. My daughter always calls me every Friday evening, (as) regular as clockwork. Feel my toes - they're as cold as ice. She walked in as cool as a cucumber, as if nothing had happened. He's a nice enough boy, but he's as daft as a brush. Who cares about Socialism any more? Socialism's as dead as the dodo. Grandad's as deaf as a post. I don't think he's been watering these plants - the soil is as dry as a bone. My grandmother's 89, but she's as fit as a fiddle. The ceremony was over in a flash. The countryside around Cambridge is as flat as a pancake. After a good night's sleep I'll be as fresh as a daisy. She's been as good as gold all morning. A coat of paint and it will be as good as new. He said he'd call every day and he was as good as his word. I was a high as a kite when I'd heard I'd got the job. I looked up from my newspaper and there he was, as large as life, Tim Trotter! There was a list of complaints as long as your arm. Jones was once described by a friend as being as proud as Lucifer. As often as not when I make the effort to visit her, I wonder why I've even bothered. He's not happy here - that's as plain as the nose on your face. She was as pleased as Punch about the news. When we first got married, we were as poor as church mice. How dare he criticize me for having an affair? He's not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself. The old lady's back is still as straight as a ramrod. In this country the trains are regular as clockwork. You'd think her own marriage was solid as a rock. Her skin was as smooth as silk. She's as straight as a die, I can trust her to tell me what she's really thinking. Beating them was the easiest thing in the world - it was like taking candy from a baby. I'm sure she tells Ruth everything we say - they're as thick as thieves, those two. He's a very skilled footballer but he's as thick as two short planks. He might be in his eighties but he's tough as old boots, that man. Page 3 – SIMILES /HPMP . Hàng Phúc Mỹ Phương SIMILES (AS … AS …) EXERCISE 1: Use the following words to complete the similes a new pin – a bird – you are painted – day – a bee –. as . HUMOROUS very difficult to understand EXERCISE 2: Use the following words to complete the similes a cucumber – ditchwater – a feather – a dodo – a doornail – a bone – ice – clockwork – a. as a feather . to be very light in weight EXERCISE 3: Use the following words to complete the similes your word – a daisy – a fiddle – a flash – a kite – a pancake – mustard – life – gold –