{"id":22421,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-8-vocabulary-link-an-uphill-task\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"grade-8-vocabulary-link-an-uphill-task","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-8-vocabulary-link-an-uphill-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 8 Vocabulary Link: \u201cAn uphill task\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which choice defines <strong>An uphill task<\/strong> most accurately?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to cancel something<\/li>\n<li>to fail to impress or succeed<\/li>\n<li>a very difficult job or challenge<\/li>\n<li>a welcome and refreshing change<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3150],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22421","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>An uphill task<\/strong> means <strong>a very difficult job or challenge<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe work that needs great effort because it is hard to complete.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Finishing the model in one day was <strong>an uphill task<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Learning a long poem overnight is <strong>an uphill task<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Cleaning the flooded classroom was <strong>an uphill task<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to cancel something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to fail to impress or succeed"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a very difficult job or challenge"},{"right":"no","answer":"a welcome and refreshing change"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3150,"title":"Work and Effort","slug":"work-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22421","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=22421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22421"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22421"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}