{"id":22252,"date":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-drop-in-the-ocean-meaning-practice-for-grade-7\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","slug":"a-drop-in-the-ocean-meaning-practice-for-grade-7","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-drop-in-the-ocean-meaning-practice-for-grade-7\/","title":{"rendered":"A drop in the ocean Meaning Practice for Grade 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>A drop in the ocean<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a huge amount of help<\/li>\n<li>a problem that is already solved<\/li>\n<li>a very small amount compared with what is needed<\/li>\n<li>a journey across the sea<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-22252","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A drop in the ocean<\/strong> means a very small amount compared with what is needed. This answer is correct because the expression is used with this meaning in real communication, not always by its literal words.<\/p><p>Examples: The donation was kind, but it was <strong>a drop in the ocean<\/strong> compared with the cost. One hour of study is <strong>a drop in the ocean<\/strong> if you have ignored the subject all year.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a huge amount of help"},{"right":"no","answer":"a problem that is already solved"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a very small amount compared with what is needed"},{"right":"no","answer":"a journey across the sea"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22252"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22252"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}