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Question
Read the following:
- Charging along like troops in a battle.
- Fly as thick as driving rain.
Using your imagination, write one or two comparisons each with -
- like ______
- as ______ as
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Solution
like ______
- This house looks like a castle.
- Her cheeks are red like a rose.
- He runs like a horse.
- The child chattered like a magpie.
as ______ as
- He is as smart as a fox.
- He is as big as an elephant.
- He is as funny as a monkey.
- Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
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