MCQ Academy - English

Which choice shows the idiomatic meaning of Put up?

• to provide a place for someone to stay
• in serious difficulty or poor condition
• to give special importance to something
• having a friendly relationship

What does the idiom Put out usually mean?

• to delay or stop progress
• to understand how something is done
• to extinguish something or stop it from burning
• nervous or anxious

What is the correct sense of Put on airs?

• to behave as if one is more important than others
• to continue resisting or lasting
• said to hope that good luck continues
• sometimes but not regularly

Select the best interpretation of Put forward.

• with complete effort and sincerity
• to propose or suggest something
• to move or progress at the same speed as others
• not at all or not nearly

Choose the meaning that matches Put aside.

• to have an advantage over others
• to save something or stop considering it temporarily
• to keep something away or under control
• not at all

Which option correctly defines Pull through?

• to recover or survive a difficult situation
• to barely avoid danger or trouble
• to remain willing to consider new ideas
• done immediately after being mentioned

What is the figurative use of Pick a quarrel?

• to have many duties or problems to deal with
• considering something
• to deliberately start an argument
• to speak politely and avoid rude words

The phrase Pay back is closest in meaning to which option?

• to return money or repay a wrong
• to be involved in many activities
• almost at the same time, often with a contrasting idea
• to allow space or opportunity for something else

Which option best explains the expression Pass for?

• to manage without something
• to be accepted as something or someone
• during the time before something else happens
• to compensate for something

Pick the option that best matches Over and above.

• to review or examine carefully
• despite difficulty, danger, or opposition
• in addition to something
• to use a difficult situation as well as possible

Choose the correct meaning of Out of sorts.

• to make a special effort to help or do something
• slightly unwell or upset
• despite something
• to understand or see something with difficulty

Which meaning fits the phrase Out of reach?

• to make a sudden loud noise or explode
• not able to be reached or obtained
• looking for something
• to treat something as less serious than it is

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Out and out?

• complete or absolute
• to choose, try for, or support something
• instead of someone or something
• to consider difficulties or special circumstances

Which option has the same general meaning as On the verge of?

• very close to doing or experiencing something
• to be remembered as important in the future
• for the purpose of doing something
• to examine or read something quickly

What idea does On the contrary express?

• to break a promise or fail to keep one’s word
• not at all
• to think about the hopeful part of a situation
• the opposite is true

How should a reader understand On edge?

• to oppose or act contrary to something
• in agreement or harmony with something
• to think someone is inferior
• nervous or anxious

Which answer best represents On and off?

• sometimes but not regularly
• to cause something to happen
• supporting or approving something
• to meet expectations or standards