{"id":22413,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-practice-with-a-stones-throw\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"english-grammar-practice-with-a-stones-throw","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-practice-with-a-stones-throw\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Practice with \u201cA stone&#8217;s throw\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of <strong>A stone&#x27;s throw<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to cause something to happen<\/li>\n<li>to solve the problem or work successfully<\/li>\n<li>a very short distance<\/li>\n<li>to mean or suggest indirectly<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22413","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A stone&#x27;s throw<\/strong> means <strong>a very short distance<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe something that is very near.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The bookshop is <strong>a stone's throw<\/strong> from our school.<\/li><li>Her house is only <strong>a stone's throw<\/strong> away.<\/li><li>The bus stop is <strong>a stone's throw<\/strong> from the gate.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to cause something to happen"},{"right":"no","answer":"to solve the problem or work successfully"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a very short distance"},{"right":"no","answer":"to mean or suggest indirectly"}],"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\/22413","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=22413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22413"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22413"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}