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As + Adjective + As

Word bank: as small as, the same as, as much as, as wise as, as fast as, as skinny as, as healthy as, as slowly as, as confident as, as sick as

1. The boy who never worked out was not the boy who did.

2. I didn't eat he did.

3. The rabbit is the dog.

4. The fat man is not the small man.

5. I woke up a tired teenager.

6. The insect was a grain of rice.

7. The girl looked a president when she stood in front of the crowd.

8. He didn't feel his sister felt because she had the flu.

9. He looks his brother.

10. The young person is not the older person.

Score = Correct answers:

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Comparatives - as...as

The structure "as...as" is commonly used in similes - comparisons that show how two essentially unlike things are similar.

Complete the sentences below using the as...as similes in the box.

as white as snowas smooth as silkas slow as molassesas old as the hillsas free as a birdas nutty as a fruitcakeas light as a featheras cold as iceas blind as a batas black as coal

Example: On the first day of his vacation, the boy felt  Answer: On the first day of his vacation, the boy felt 

1. The night was 

2. Her hateful eyes were 

3. Without my glasses, I am  

4. The sheets on the bed looked 

5. The bicycle looks heavy, but it feels 

6. Paragliding is about the closest one can get to being  

7. My computer is very fast at times, and at other times it is  

8. When I was a child, a man of seventy seemed to me to be 

9. After using our body lotion, your skin is guaranteed to feel  

10. The man acted so oddly that his neighbors considered him to be 

Score =    Correct answers:

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