Indicative Mood Similes

It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. What phrase shows the indicative mood?

• hard day's night,

• I've been working

• like a dog.

• day

My love is like a red, red rose. What two things are being compared in the indicative phrase?

• love and a rose

• red and rose

• My and rose

• like and red

She looked as gentle as a lamb. What phrase shows the indicative mood?

• as a

• gentle as a lamb.

• She looked

• gentle as

This house is as clean as a whistle. What phrase shows the indicative mood?

• This house

• clean as

• is as

• as clean as a whistle

Watching the show was like watching grass grow. What phrase shows the indicative mood?

• Watching the show

• like watching grass grow

• was like

• the show

They fought like cats and dogs. What two things are being compared in the indicative mood?

• fighting to dogs

• they and fought

• fighting to cats and dogs

• fighting to eating

I am so thirsty that my throat is as dry as the Sahara desert. What two things are being compared in the indicative mood?

• thirst to Sahara desert

• desert to Sahara

• dry throat to Sahara desert

• I and thirsty

This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove. What two things are being compared in the indicative mood?

• the fit of the dress to a glove

• dress to glove

• dress to perfect

• perfect to glove

They are as different as night and day. What two things are being compared in the indicative mood?

• them to day

• them to night

• night to day

• their differences to night and day

This cot is as comfortable as a bed of nails. What two things are being compared in the indicative mood?

• nails to laying

• nails to bed

• comfort to laying on bed of nails

• cot to bed