Year 4 Phase 1 Literacy 1

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She looked as gentle as a lamb.

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Her home was a prison.

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It felt as hard as a rock.

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I have told you a million times not to lie!

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This is the easiest question in the world!

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John is a real pig when he eats.

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The moon was a great glowing dollar coin in the night sky.

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He’s as cold as an iceberg.

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You are a couch potato.

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You snore louder than a freight train.

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My brother has the hands of a monkey that swings from branch to branch in the trees.

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It was as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

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He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.

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She is as cute as a kitten.

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They’ve got truckloads of money.