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English Grammar

English grammar is the structure of expressions in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences. There are certain differences in grammar between the standard forms of British English, American English and Australian English, although these are inconspicuous compared with the lexical and pronunciation differences.

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Quizzes in English Grammar for SSC

Which option gives the correct meaning of In a dilemma?

  • Uncertain and depending on what happens next
  • Despite strong opposition or difficulty
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Unable to choose between two difficult options
Correct answer(s):
  • Unable to choose between two difficult options

Which option gives the correct meaning of Have an eye for?

  • Be good at noticing or judging something
  • Get what one wants
  • Make a process easier or faster
  • Relief that someone or something unwanted is gone
Correct answer(s):
  • Be good at noticing or judging something

For SSC English, identify the meaning of In a flash.

  • Very quickly
  • In serious difficulty
  • Be responsible while someone else is away
  • Deliberately and without emotion
Correct answer(s):
  • Very quickly

For SSC English, identify the meaning of Have no bearing on.

  • Hear about something secret or private
  • Relief that someone or something unwanted is gone
  • Have no connection or effect
  • Working very closely together, often secretly
Correct answer(s):
  • Have no connection or effect

What is the figurative meaning of In a fog?

  • Be very busy
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Following as a result of something
  • Confused and unable to think clearly
  • Manage to stay alive with very little money
Correct answer(s):
  • Confused and unable to think clearly

What is the figurative meaning of Have one’s hands full?

  • Deliberately and without emotion
  • Be very busy
  • Stopped gradually or completely
  • Do something without real interest or effort
  • Make a process easier or faster
Correct answer(s):
  • Be very busy

Which meaning matches the phrase Have one’s way?

  • Relief that someone or something unwanted is gone
  • Avoid someone or something
  • Working very closely together, often secretly
  • Get what one wants
Correct answer(s):
  • Get what one wants

Choose the best interpretation of Have the last word.

  • Make a process easier or faster
  • Make the final decision or final remark
  • Be wasted or lost
  • Working very closely together, often secretly
Correct answer(s):
  • Make the final decision or final remark

What idea does Heart of the matter usually express?

  • Nobody knows; it is uncertain
  • Fixed and not changeable
  • The central or most important point
  • Make the final decision or final remark
  • At the best or strongest stage
Correct answer(s):
  • The central or most important point

Which explanation is closest to Heaven knows?

  • The central or most important point
  • Nobody knows; it is uncertain
  • Get what one wants
  • Risk everything to try to succeed
Correct answer(s):
  • Nobody knows; it is uncertain

How should we understand High and dry in a sentence?

  • Act unfairly or cruelly
  • Become lost or go in the wrong direction
  • At the best or strongest stage
  • Left helpless or without support
Correct answer(s):
  • Left helpless or without support

What does the phrase Hit below the belt suggest?

  • Act unfairly or cruelly
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • In general idea, though not always in detail
  • Deliberately and without emotion
  • Very quickly
Correct answer(s):
  • Act unfairly or cruelly

Pick the correct meaning of the expression Hit the road.

  • Chasing closely
  • Stopped gradually or completely
  • Leave or start a journey
  • Instead of
Correct answer(s):
  • Leave or start a journey

Which answer best defines Hit the sack?

  • Go to bed
  • Very clearly and directly
  • Enjoy a chance to do something freely or successfully
  • Comfortable and confident doing something
Correct answer(s):
  • Go to bed

What does the idiom Hold one’s ground mean?

  • Stopped gradually or completely
  • Get what one wants
  • Being discussed or doubted
  • Refuse to move back or change one’s position
  • Angry or annoyed
Correct answer(s):
  • Refuse to move back or change one's position

Which answer best defines Give the benefit of the doubt?

  • Be ignored
  • Trust someone when the truth is uncertain
  • Very healthy and strong
  • Very jealous
Correct answer(s):
  • Trust someone when the truth is uncertain

What does the idiom Go a long way mean?

  • Risk everything to try to succeed
  • With just enough money or food to survive
  • For a future time of need
  • Be very helpful or effective
  • Get what one wants
Correct answer(s):
  • Be very helpful or effective

Choose the correct meaning of Go astray.

  • Begin discussing the most important practical details
  • Become lost or go in the wrong direction
  • Avoid someone or something
  • Become too excited and lose control
Correct answer(s):
  • Become lost or go in the wrong direction

In English, what is meant by Go down the drain?

  • Mutual compromise
  • Be very helpful or effective
  • Have the right or chance to express an opinion
  • Be wasted or lost
Correct answer(s):
  • Be wasted or lost

Select the option that best explains Go for broke.

  • Risk everything to try to succeed
  • Be good at noticing or judging something
  • Become too excited and lose control
  • Leave or start a journey
  • Happening very quickly and energetically
Correct answer(s):
  • Risk everything to try to succeed