Name: ______________________________________________

Date: _____________________________________________

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
It is time for dinner, and I could eat a horse. I am as happy as a
lark that mother has dinner ready. I saw mother setting the table. It is as
clear as a bell that we will eat soon. Mother made my favorite dinner
because I am the apple of her eye. I love her rolls; they are as light as a
feather. When they are all eaten up, I feel blue. I am glad my mother is
a good cook. My friend says that his mothers rolls are always as flat as
a pancake. When he told his mother that, she was a bear. Well, Id
better be as quick as a hare and run inside. I am going to be a stuffed
goose before the evening is through.
1. I could eat a horse means:

A. I am very hungry.
B. I am full.
C. I like to eat horse.

2. As happy as a lark means:

A. I am singing like a bird.

B. I am really happy and grateful.
C. I am not very happy.

3. As clear as a bell means:

A. Very obvious
B. Hard to tell
C. Mother has a dinner bell.

4. Apple of her eye means:

A. We are eating apples for dinner.

B. Mothers eye has an apple in it.
C. I am the person mother cares about most.

5. As light as a feather means:

A. The rolls are light and fluffy.

B. The rolls have feathers baked in them.
C. The rolls are yellow, the color of a light bulb.

6. Feel blue means:

A. I turn the color blue.

B. I feel sad.
C. The rolls are blue.

7. As flat as a pancake means:

A. The rolls are really pancakes.

B. My friend would rather eat pancakes.
C. The rolls are very flat.

8. She was a bear means:

A. She was mad.

B. She turned into a bear.
C. She likes bears.

9. As quick as a hare means:

A. very quick
B. turn into a hare
C. to eat hare

10. A stuffed goose means:

A. very full
B. eating goose
C. growing feathers