MCQ Academy - English

Pick the option that best matches Make allowances for.

• to consider difficulties or special circumstances
• to provide a place for someone to stay
• to remain true or valid
• to remain willing to consider new ideas

Choose the correct meaning of Look through.

• to extinguish something or stop it from burning
• to examine or read something quickly
• to stop or prevent progress, speech, or action
• considering something

Which meaning fits the phrase Look on the bright side?

• to behave as if one is more important than others
• with complete effort and sincerity
• to think about the hopeful part of a situation
• almost at the same time, often with a contrasting idea

Which option has the same general meaning as Look down upon?

• to recommend or speak favorably about someone
• to think someone is inferior
• to barely avoid danger or trouble
• despite difficulty, danger, or opposition

What idea does Live up to express?

• to propose or suggest something
• to have many duties or problems to deal with
• to meet expectations or standards
• despite something

Which choice gives the proper meaning of Let alone?

• to save something or stop considering it temporarily
• not to mention; even less
• to be involved in many activities
• looking for something

How should a reader understand Leave behind?

• to recover or survive a difficult situation
• to manage without something
• instead of someone or something
• to fail to take someone or something, or move ahead of them

What does the idiom Lay emphasis on usually mean?

• to be accepted as something or someone
• to make a sudden loud noise or explode
• to honor someone who has died
• to give special importance to something

In common English, what is meant by Knock on wood?

• slightly unwell or upset
• said to hope that good luck continues
• to be remembered as important in the future
• supporting or approving something

What does Keep up with suggest in everyday use?

• to stay level with others or remain informed
• not able to be reached or obtained
• to break a promise or fail to keep one’s word
• at the proper time

Select the best interpretation of Keep track of.

• complete or absolute
• to agree with or support an idea
• to monitor or record something carefully
• after some time has passed

Choose the meaning that matches Keep pace with.

• very close to doing or experiencing something
• to oppose or act contrary to something
• to move or progress at the same speed as others
• responsible for managing something

Which option correctly defines Keep at bay?

• the opposite is true
• to cause something to happen
• if something happens
• to keep something away or under control

Which option best explains the expression In the same breath?

• sometimes but not regularly
• almost at the same time, often with a contrasting idea
• to arrange, establish, or create something
• before a particular time or event