Simile Worksheets

Our free, printable simile worksheets help your vocabulary be twice as good! A simile occurs when we compare two dissimilar objects using "as" or "like". Remember to use "as" with adjectives and "like" with verbs. Our simile worksheet pdfs include exercises like identifying similes, completing sentences with similes, and more!

These similes worksheets are ideal for grade 3, grade 4, and grade 5 kids.

Pairing Verbs/Adjectives with Nouns to Form Similes

Form similes by pairing the given verbs or adjectives with the nouns. For instance, "Solid" from box A and "rock" from box B together make the simile "as solid as a rock".

Making Similes

Identifying Similes in Sentences

Watch your 3rd grade and 4th grade children's skills in identifying similes go from good to great as they underline the simile along with the verb or adjective.

Identifying Similes in Sentences

Completing Sentences with Similes from the Box

Add to your stock of similes with our printable simile worksheets where grade 4 and grade 5 kids use an appropriate simile to complete each sentence.

Completing Sentences with Similes from the Box

Writing Similes to Describe Pictures

In this part of our simile worksheet pdfs, 3rd grade children create similes by observing the picture to know which verb or adjective to use and which object to compare to.

Writing Similes to Describe Pictures

Forming Similes and Using Them in Sentences

These similes worksheet pdfs get children in 5th grade forming similes and making sentences using them. Remember to use "like" with verbs and "as" with adjectives.

Forming Similes and Using Them in Sentences

Is It a Simile or a Metaphor?

Expand the scope of simile practice with these printable exercises, where the task is for kids to identify whether the figure of speech used in each sentence is a simile or a metaphor.

Identifying Similes and Metaphors

Matching Sentences to Similes

Take in the situations described by the sentences on the left, choose an appropriate simile on the right, and draw a line connecting the two in these simile worksheets pdf.

Rewriting Metaphors as Similes

Each sentence contains a metaphor that offers depth and delight. Rewrite the sentences, making sure to keep the meaning intact as you change the metaphors to similes.

Rewriting Metaphors as Similes

Explaining Similes in Literary Excerpts

A treasure trove of literary examples of similes, this printable set will have kids identifying the objects being compared, before writing down the meanings of the similes.

Explaining Similes in Literary Excerpts

Recognizing and Writing Meanings of Similes in Poems

Stoke the spirits of budding aesthetes with these worksheets, where the task is for them to read the poems, recognize the similes, and write their meanings in the space given.

Recognizing and Writing Meanings of Similes in Poems