MCQ Academy - English

Free Online MCQ Practice Tests in English

Latest Quizzes

Which option gives the correct meaning of Die hard?

  • Try to gain advantage from a confused situation
  • Disappear or change very slowly
  • Bring something to an end
  • Pass from one owner to another
Correct answer(s):
  • Disappear or change very slowly

Select the option that best explains Dead set against.

  • Bravery gained from drinking alcohol
  • Most importantly
  • Admit that what one said was wrong
  • Rare and not happening often
  • Strongly opposed to something
Correct answer(s):
  • Strongly opposed to something

In English, what is meant by Daylight robbery?

  • An unfairly high price
  • Make great progress
  • False or insincere sadness
  • Bring something to an end
Correct answer(s):
  • An unfairly high price

Choose the correct meaning of Cut the ground from under one’s feet.

  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
  • Every small place
  • Remove someone’s support or advantage
  • Become mature or legally adult
Correct answer(s):
  • Remove someone's support or advantage

What does the idiom Cut both ways mean?

  • Very near in time or place
  • Have effects on both sides
  • Speak directly about the main matter
  • Cause more damage than benefit
  • A very small amount compared with what is needed
Correct answer(s):
  • Have effects on both sides

Which answer best defines Cut and dried?

  • Go beyond acceptable limits
  • Strongly opposed to something
  • Fail to remember or find something
  • Already decided and not likely to change
Correct answer(s):
  • Already decided and not likely to change

Pick the correct meaning of the expression Cry over spilt milk.

  • Shared opinions or interests
  • Complain about something that cannot be changed
  • Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion
  • Speak directly about the main matter
Correct answer(s):
  • Complain about something that cannot be changed

What does the phrase Cross the line suggest?

  • The hottest or most tiring days of a period
  • Speak directly and honestly
  • Be ignored
  • Without money, work, or hope
  • Go beyond acceptable limits
Correct answer(s):
  • Go beyond acceptable limits

How should we understand Crocodile tears in a sentence?

  • For the same reason
  • False or insincere sadness
  • Reach a crisis or decisive point
  • Cause doubt about something
Correct answer(s):
  • False or insincere sadness

Which explanation is closest to Cool one’s heels?

  • Very near in time or place
  • Bring something to an end
  • An unfairly high price
  • Wait for a long time
Correct answer(s):
  • Wait for a long time

What idea does Cook the books usually express?

  • Catch someone while doing something wrong
  • Make something seem uncertain
  • Change financial records dishonestly
  • Speak directly and honestly
  • Remove someone’s support or advantage
Correct answer(s):
  • Change financial records dishonestly

Choose the best interpretation of Common ground.

  • Refuse to change one’s mind
  • Admit that what one said was wrong
  • Shared opinions or interests
  • Completely or in every way
Correct answer(s):
  • Shared opinions or interests

Which meaning matches the phrase Come under fire?

  • Receive strong criticism
  • Wait for a long time
  • Change one’s opinion or attitude
  • Fail to remember or find something
Correct answer(s):
  • Receive strong criticism

What is the figurative meaning of Come to the point?

  • Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion
  • Change financial records dishonestly
  • A very small amount compared with what is needed
  • Speak directly about the main matter
  • Make great progress
Correct answer(s):
  • Speak directly about the main matter

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Come to grief.

  • Cause more damage than benefit
  • Fail or end badly
  • Receive strong criticism
  • Win or succeed in a contest or argument
Correct answer(s):
  • Fail or end badly

Which option gives the correct meaning of Come to a head?

  • Make great progress
  • Have effects on both sides
  • Reach a crisis or decisive point
  • False or insincere sadness
Correct answer(s):
  • Reach a crisis or decisive point

Select the option that best explains Come of age.

  • Become mature or legally adult
  • Control people by making them disagree with each other
  • Receive strong criticism
  • The hottest or most tiring days of a period
  • Destroy one’s chance of returning to a former situation
Correct answer(s):
  • Become mature or legally adult

In English, what is meant by Come clean?

  • Force someone to obey or submit
  • Suddenly begin to cry
  • Receive strong criticism
  • Tell the truth after hiding it
Correct answer(s):
  • Tell the truth after hiding it

Choose the correct meaning of Come a long way.

  • Make great progress
  • By means of hard effort or a particular method
  • The hottest or most tiring days of a period
  • False or insincere sadness
Correct answer(s):
  • Make great progress

What does the idiom Close at hand mean?

  • Have effects on both sides
  • Control a difficult situation
  • Use force, influence, knowledge, or pressure effectively
  • Very near in time or place
  • Suddenly begin to cry
Correct answer(s):
  • Very near in time or place