{"id":22266,"date":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-the-drop-of-a-hat-grade-7-usage-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:01:33","slug":"at-the-drop-of-a-hat-grade-7-usage-practice","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-the-drop-of-a-hat-grade-7-usage-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"At the drop of a hat Grade 7 Usage Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning is correct for <strong>At the drop of a hat<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>immediately and without delay<\/li>\n<li>after a long wait<\/li>\n<li>with a real hat<\/li>\n<li>by making a mistake<\/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-22266","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At the drop of a hat<\/strong> should be understood as an idiom or set phrase. Here, it means immediately and without delay, which makes that option the correct answer.<\/p><p>Examples: She helps her friends <strong>at the drop of a hat<\/strong>. He is ready to travel <strong>at the drop of a hat<\/strong>.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"immediately and without delay"},{"right":"no","answer":"after a long wait"},{"right":"no","answer":"with a real hat"},{"right":"no","answer":"by making a mistake"}],"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\/22266","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=22266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22266"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22266"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}