Personification worksheet for students to practice identifying and using personification in sentences.

Let's solve this personification worksheet step by step.

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🔹 What is Personification?

Personification is a figure of speech where non-human things are given human qualities or actions. For example, saying "The wind whispered" gives the wind a human ability to speak.

We need to fill in the blanks with words from the word bank that make the sentence sound like the object is acting like a person.

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🔹 Word Bank:

a. eating
b. growled
c. whistled
d. crawled
e. sleeps
f. calling
g. died
h. jumped
i. friend
j. singing

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Now let’s go through each sentence and choose the best word(s) from the list.

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1. The ocean waves ______ furiously.

- We want a verb that describes how waves move with emotion (like anger).
- “Growled” fits well — waves can *growl* like an angry animal.
✔ Answer: b. growled

> *"The ocean waves growled furiously."*

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2. The cookie ______ right into my hand.

- This suggests the cookie moved on its own, as if it had intent.
- “Jumped” makes sense — it’s sudden and active.
✔ Answer: h. jumped

> *"The cookie jumped right into my hand."*

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3. That piece of pie is ______ my name.

- Something that calls out your name? It has to be “calling”.
- “Calling” implies the pie is speaking or attracting attention.
✔ Answer: f. calling

> *"That piece of pie is calling my name."*

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4. My brakes ______ at me as I tried to come to a stop.

- Brakes reacting to you? Like they’re annoyed.
- “Growled” again works — mechanical but emotional.
✔ Answer: b. growled

> *"My brakes growled at me as I tried to come to a stop."*

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5. The birds were ______ a beautiful song.

- Birds making music — natural, but we're giving them human-like singing.
- “Singing” is the most direct match.
✔ Answer: j. singing

> *"The birds were singing a beautiful song."*

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6. The traffic was ______ to a snail's pace.

- Traffic moving slowly — like something is dragging itself.
- “Crawled” fits perfectly — slow, sluggish movement.
✔ Answer: d. crawled

> *"The traffic was crawling to a snail's pace."*

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7. Time is my ______ as I don't need a job right away.

- Time being a person? A helpful companion?
- “Friend” makes sense — time is on your side.
✔ Answer: i. friend

> *"Time is my friend as I don't need a job right away."*

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8. My charge card is always ______ my money!

- Card taking money? Sounds greedy or hungry.
- “Eating” fits — like it's consuming money.
✔ Answer: a. eating

> *"My charge card is always eating my money!"*

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9. This city never ______.

- City not sleeping? It’s alive and busy.
- “Sleeps” is perfect — cities are awake all night.
✔ Answer: e. sleeps

> *"This city never sleeps."*

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10. The party ______ when the food was gone.

- Party ending suddenly — like dying.
- “Died” is dramatic but fits personification.
✔ Answer: g. died

> *"The party died when the food was gone."*

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✔ Final Answers:

| # | Answer |
|---|--------|
| 1 | b. growled |
| 2 | h. jumped |
| 3 | f. calling |
| 4 | b. growled |
| 5 | j. singing |
| 6 | d. crawled |
| 7 | i. friend |
| 8 | a. eating |
| 9 | e. sleeps |
| 10| g. died |

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📝 Summary:

Each sentence uses personification by giving human traits to non-human things:
- Waves growl (emotional)
- Cookie jumps (intentional action)
- Pie calls (speaking)
- Brakes growl (angry reaction)
- Birds sing (human behavior)
- Traffic crawls (slow movement)
- Time is a friend (companionship)
- Card eats (consumption)
- City sleeps (rest)
- Party dies (ends dramatically)

All answers use words from the provided list and fit naturally into the sentences.

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✔ Score: 10/10 — Perfect!