15.11.

2020

SIMILES 1
1. You were sly as … when you misled her like that but you can’t trick her father
who’s as old as … .

a) A fox/ the plains

b) A cat/ the mountains

c) A fly/ the hill

d) A fox/ the hills

2. The twins are as like as two … .

a) Peas

b) Fish

c) Pictures

d) Drops

3. My father is 62 and he’s as fit as … .

a) Weather

b) A fiddle

c) An ox

d) A horse

4. He’s always been as slippery as … .

a) An eel

b) A fish

c) A wolf

d) A peacock

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 1/8
15.11.2020

5. My uncle is as mad as a … and this became as plain as … when he started

walking naked in the street.

a) Taylor/ a nose on your face

b) Priest/ water

c) Hatter/ day

d) Lunatic/ the sun

6. I want to be as free as … this summer and then my life will be as sweet as … .

a) A bird/ a sugar

b) A tiger/ a candy

c) A stallion/ honey

d) A bird/ honey

7. Don’t marry him. He’s as proud as … and as stubborn as … .

a) An ostrich/ a donkey

b) A lion/ a pig

c) A peacock/ a horse

d) A peacock/ a mule

8. Her husband is as strong as … but his heart is as good as … .

a) A bull/ silver

b) A horse/ bread

c) An ox/ gold

d) A mule/ diamonds

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 2/8
15.11.2020

9. He was as brown as a … after having been to the sea.

a) Chocolate

b) Wood

c) Bear

d) Berry

10. Those girls are as silly as … when they giggle like that.

a) A mule

b) Night

c) A goose

d) A cow

11. Your skin is as smooth as … every time I touch it but it’s also as cold as … .

a) Silk/ ice

b) Feathers/ ice

c) Paper/ the ocean

d) Gold/ ice

12. We sat near the fire feeling as warm as … .

a) Toast

b) A sunny day

c) The sun

d) Bread

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 3/8
15.11.2020

13. This building is as old as the … and as silent as a … .

a) World/ funeral

b) Mountains/ cemetery

c) Hills/ grave

d) Ages/ church

14. She looks efficient and as cool as a(n) … every time she wears this business
outfit.

a) Ice cube

b) Ice

c) Cucumber

d) Shower

15. She has twins that are as like as two … in a … .

a) Beans/ shell

b) Peas/ pod

c) Balls/ box

d) Drops/ pond

16. She’s as cool as … every time she talks with us but I have to say she’s as
smart as … .

a) A cucumber/ a whip

b) Ice/ fire

c) A cucumber/ a blaze

d) A log/ hills

17. My grandmother is as deaf as … but her words can still be as sharp as … .

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 4/8
15.11.2020

a) A door/ a lash

b) A hedgehog/ a whip

c) A doorpost/ a razor

d) A grave/ an ice cube

18. I’m so sleepy, my eyes feel as heavy as … .

a) Night

b) Iron

c) A leaf

d) Lead

19. The bride looked as fresh as a … and arrived at the church with … precision.

a) Daisy/ clockwork

b) Flower/ clock

c) Water drop/ watch

d) Dewdrop/ flawless

20. The lecture was as dull as ... although I have to say that the professor did
seem as large as ... to me.

a) A ditchwater/ life

b) A picture/ sin

c) A ditchwater/ death

d) A brush/ brass

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 5/8
15.11.2020

21. The mouse I saw yesterday came to me as bold as … when I turned a corner
where I saw it sitting there as large as (a) … .

a) Brass/ life

b) Iron/ faith

c) Bull/ house

d) Dog/ tree

22. His muscles are as firm as … and he’s as strong as … .

a) A rock/ an ox

b) A whip/ a bull

c) A stone/ an ox

d) A cliff/ a horse

23. She is as busy as … and as happy as … every day.

a) A wife/ a bride

b) A whistle/ a whip

c) A bee/ a cricket

d) An ant/ a nightingale

24. My house is as clean as … .

a) A new pin

b) The moon

c) Whistle

d) The ocean

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 6/8
15.11.2020

25. She’s as fat as a … and as ugly as … .

a) Pig/ hell

b) Barrel/ sin

c) Cow/ death

d) Sow/ sin

26. She was new in the job and as keen as … while she was also as pretty as a … .

a) Mustard/ picture

b) Sauce/ spring

c) Rain/ summer day

d) Fan/ flower

27. The room was as silent as … and it was as hot as in … there.

a) A grave/ an oven

b) A graveyard/ hell

c) A coffin/ a desert

d) Deaf/ an oven

28. My grandmother is as blind as a … and as deaf as a(n) … so it’s impossible to

have a conversation with her.

a) Hen/ bear

b) Owl/ pillar

c) Hen/ wall

d) Bat/ post

29. Every time she sees a mouse that is as bold as … she becomes as nervous as
….

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 7/8
15.11.2020
 a) Gold/ a sheep

b) Glass/ a bird

c) Brass/ a cat

d) Sin/ a horse

30. His wife is as pretty as … and her hair is as dark as … .

a) a rose/ night

b) an icon/ pitch

c) the sky/ a pit

d) a picture/ midnight

https://www.gapol.ro/exams/119/take 8/8