Personification worksheet with fill-in-the-blank sentences to practice using human traits in writing.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to pick words from the word bank (a–j) that make sense when we give human qualities to non-human things — that’s what personification is!

Here’s the word bank again for reference:
a. eating
b. growled
c. whistled
d. crawled
e. sleeps
f. calling
g. died
h. jumped
i. friend
j. singing

Now let’s match them:

1. The ocean waves ________ furiously.
→ Waves can’t really be furious, but if they were acting like an angry person, maybe they “growled”? That fits with loud, rough waves.
✔ Answer: b. growled

2. The cookie ________ right into my hand.
→ Cookies don’t move on their own… unless we pretend it did! “Jumped” makes it seem like it leapt into your hand — fun and playful.
✔ Answer: h. jumped

3. That piece of pie is ________ my name.
→ This means the pie was made just for you — like someone called out your name. So “calling” works here.
✔ Answer: f. calling

4. My brakes ________ at me as I tried to come to a stop.
→ Brakes making noise? Maybe they’re complaining or yelling. “Growled” could work again — but wait, we already used it. Let’s check: “whistled” doesn’t fit brakes stopping. “Crawled”? No. Actually, “growled” is best — but since we can only use each word once, let’s hold off. Wait — maybe “screamed”? Not in list. Hmm. Actually, looking back — perhaps “growled” is okay for #1, and for #4, maybe “whistled”? No, brakes don’t whistle when stopping. Maybe “cried”? Not there. Wait — actually, “growled” is still the best for brakes too — but we can’t reuse. Let’s look ahead.

Wait — maybe #1 should be something else? Ocean waves “roared”? Not in list. “Sang”? No. “Growled” is still best for #1. For #4, maybe “called”? But “calling” is taken. Let’s try “whistled” — no. Actually, maybe “growled” is meant for #4? Let’s think differently.

Actually, let’s do #5 first.

5. The birds were ________ a beautiful song.
→ Birds sing! So “singing” is perfect.
✔ Answer: j. singing

6. The traffic ________ to a snail’s pace.
→ Traffic slowing down very slowly — like crawling. “Crawled” fits perfectly.
✔ Answer: d. crawled

7. Time is my ________ as I don’t need a job right away.
→ Time being helpful? Like a buddy? “Friend” makes sense — time is on your side.
✔ Answer: i. friend

8. My charge card is always ________ my money!
→ Charge cards spend your money — so “eating” it? Like gobbling it up? Yes, that’s funny and fits personification.
✔ Answer: a. eating

9. This city never ________.
→ Cities don’t sleep — but we say “the city that never sleeps.” So “sleeps” is the classic phrase.
✔ Answer: e. sleeps

10. The party ________ when the food was gone.
→ Parties end — like they die? “Died” is a common way to say a party ended sadly or suddenly.
✔ Answer: g. died

Now go back to #4: My brakes ________ at me as I tried to come to a stop.

We have left: c. whistled, and we’ve used: b, h, f, j, d, i, a, e, g → that’s 9. Left: c. whistled.

But do brakes whistle? Sometimes they squeal — which is close to whistling. Maybe that’s acceptable? Or maybe we made a mistake earlier.

Wait — let’s double-check #1: Ocean waves ________ furiously.

Could it be “whistled”? No, waves don’t whistle. “Growled” is better.

What about #4? Maybe “growled” is better for brakes? And for #1, is there another option?

Wait — we haven’t used “whistled” yet. Maybe for #1? No.

Actually, let’s reassign:

Maybe #1: Ocean waves “roared” — not in list. “Screamed” — no. “Growled” is still best.

Perhaps #4: Brakes “whistled” — some brakes do make a high-pitched sound. It’s not ideal, but it’s the only word left.

Wait — we have 10 sentences and 10 words. Let’s list what we have so far:

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

Left: c. whistled

So #4 must be “whistled”. Even though it’s not perfect, in personification, we stretch meanings. Maybe the brakes are whistling in protest? Okay, we’ll go with that.

Final assignments:

1. growled
2. jumped
3. calling
4. whistled
5. singing
6. crawled
7. friend
8. eating
9. sleeps
10. died

Let’s verify all are used once: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j — yes, all covered.

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Final Answer:
1. b
2. h
3. f
4. c
5. j
6. d
7. i
8. a
9. e
10. g