Similes and Metaphors Worksheets for 4th and 5th Grade

What your child practices

Similes and Metaphors is a core 4th and 5th grade language arts skill (Grades 4 to 5 in Canada), and this set gives your child 56 questions over 6 worksheets. Upper elementary writing asks for clear, correct sentences, and practicing Similes and Metaphors on its own helps the skill show up in your child's everyday writing. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. Each sheet supports Common Core L.4.5a, covering word relationships, shades of meaning and figurative language. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 4. Answer keys sit on page 2 of each PDF, so checking takes seconds. Short on time? Start with the Similes and Metaphors video lesson, then print a sheet while it is fresh.

Tips for parents

• Ask your child to write two sentences of their own using the skill.
• Turn a mistake into a mini lesson: fix it together and write one new example.
• Have your child find one example of Similes and Metaphors in a book you are already reading together.