Na m e : ___ Date: _
Directions: Read each sentence. Use a yellow crayon or highlighter pen to highlight
the exaggeration.Don’t sweat this! Just keep asking yourself—which
part of the sentence can’t be true?- Everyone in the county can hear my dog bark.
- Bennie was such a liar that he might as well have
had a flashing sign on his head that said “I lie, I lie.” - Feeling confident that even a jet couldn’t catch up with him,
Rasheed slowed his pace in the bicycle race. - Mom’s eyes just about popped out of her head when she saw the
gecko scamper across the floor. - The lion roared loud enough to make the leaves fall off the trees.
- I have so much homework tonight that it will take me several
years to get it done. - Terra nearly died laughing when her neighbor put holiday lights
on his garbage cans. - That guy has feet as big as a boat, but he sure can play basketball
better than anyone I know. - If Grandma packs a tomato sandwich in my lunch one more time,
I’ll never smile again. - It was said that John Henry could hammer faster than lightning.
- The principal was boiling mad when he found out that the
crosswalk guard was wearing a cow costume. - John built the campfire so hot that it caused the water in a
nearby lake to vaporize.