{"id":22391,"date":"2026-06-21T18:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-degrees-grade-7-usage-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:59","slug":"by-degrees-grade-7-usage-practice","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/by-degrees-grade-7-usage-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"By degrees Grade 7 Usage Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning is correct for <strong>By degrees<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>all at once<\/li>\n<li>never again<\/li>\n<li>gradually<\/li>\n<li>with anger<\/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-22391","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>By degrees<\/strong> should be understood as an idiom or set phrase. Here, it means gradually, which makes that option the correct answer.<\/p><p>Examples: The sky became dark <strong>by degrees<\/strong>. He improved <strong>by degrees<\/strong> with daily practice.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"all at once"},{"right":"no","answer":"never again"},{"right":"yes","answer":"gradually"},{"right":"no","answer":"with anger"}],"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\/22391","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=22391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22391"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22391"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}