similes

Like fleas on a dog Like ice in the sun

Like smoke in the wind like ants in a crack

Like a snake down a hole

To describe how Big Wig has vanished:

SIMILE EXPERT GAME

SENTENCE WITH SIMILE

MEANING

Her singing sounds like a cat

dying.

A - Her singing is very bad!

B – Her singing is very good!


MEANING

He eats like a slob.

A - He eats very messily.

B – He eats properly without

mess


MEANING

Time flies like an arrow.

A - Time fliesvery quickly

B – Time passes by slowly.


MEANING

She can sing like an angel.

A – She likes to sing about

angels B – She sings

very well


MEANING

They fight like cats and dogs

A – They like each other

B – They do not like each other


MEANING

She sits there like a bum on a

log.

A – She is very hardworking

B – She is very lazy


MEANING

He took it like a man

A – He was braveB – He was a

coward


MEANING

He took it like a man

A – He was brave B – He was a

coward


MEANING

They chatter like monkeys

A – They talk a lot

B – They do not talk much


MEANING

She swims like a fish

A – She swims very well

B – She cannot swim


MEANING

Her job fits her like a glove.

A – She likes her job

B – She does not like her job

THE HUNT FOR THE MISSING MR TAN

On 29 MARCH BETWEEN 9.45AM AND 10AM

We pretended that our English teacher, Mr Tan, was missing

from class. He vanished like ice in the sun after teaching us

similes. We were very worried and decided to look for him. We

had to look out for him and spy what he was doing between

9.45 and 10am. However, we must not call or alert him. We

needed to inform the Form Teacher with evidence that he had

disappeared from class without a reason because we care and

are concerned for him.

We decided to divide our tasks so that some of us could

have our recess break first while others tried to hunt

for him and later switched our roles. We wrote down

whatever observations we made in our investigations

using our notebook so that we could compare notes with

each other and put up a class writing for Mdm Ng.

First, we snooped around the school canteen. We

spotted him at the round table holding two books.

Then he got up and walked in the direction of the

staircase.

As quiet as a mouse, we followed him up to the second

level. He stopped by at the water cooler at 9.52am and

thirsty like a camel in the desert, stooped to drink some

water. Then he walked towards the library as sure-

footed as a goat.

After depositing the two books into the drop-box, he

headed for the staff room. However, he met a lady at

the entrance and paused to exchange some words with

her at 9.56am. We could not hear what they were

talking about because their voice was soft like a whisper

but we could see Mr Tan’s face was beaming like sunlight

after the brief conversation.

We had so much fun that we wanted to play the game

again.

similes

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