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Personification Fun!

A Grade 1 ELA worksheet to introduce and practice identifying personification in simple sentences.

Grade 1 ELA GrammarLanguage and VocabularyLanguageFigurative LanguagePersonification
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.a

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ELAGrade 1PersonificationFigurative LanguageGrammar
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Personification Fun!

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Personification is when you give human qualities or actions to things that are not human. For example, 'The wind whispered secrets.' Wind can't really whisper, but it sounds like it is talking! Read each sentence and answer the questions.

1. Which sentence shows personification?

a

The bird sang a song.

b

The sun smiled at me.

c

The car drove fast.

d

The cat slept.

2. Which sentence uses personification?

a

The flowers danced in the breeze.

b

The boy ran fast.

c

The dog barked loudly.

d

The fish swam in the pond.

Complete each sentence with a word that gives the object a human quality.

3. The moon   at the stars.

4. The tree   its branches in the wind.

5. Write a sentence where the clock talks.

6. Write a sentence where the ball bounced happily.

Tell if the sentence uses personification (True) or not (False).

7. The leaves waved goodbye.

T

True

F

False

8. The dog ate its food.

T

True

F

False