{"id":22537,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-focus-in-place-of\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","slug":"english-phrase-focus-in-place-of","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-phrase-focus-in-place-of\/","title":{"rendered":"English Phrase Focus: In place of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which option has the same general meaning as <strong>In place of<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>instead of someone or something<\/li>\n<li>done immediately after being mentioned<\/li>\n<li>to win easily or take complete control of a contest<\/li>\n<li>to remain true or valid<\/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-22537","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In place of<\/strong> means <strong>instead of someone or something<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe using one person or thing as a replacement for another.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Use a pencil <strong>in place of<\/strong> a pen for the sketch.<\/li><li>The assistant teacher came <strong>in place of<\/strong> the class teacher.<\/li><li>We used charts <strong>in place of<\/strong> slides.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"instead of someone or something"},{"right":"no","answer":"done immediately after being mentioned"},{"right":"no","answer":"to win easily or take complete control of a contest"},{"right":"no","answer":"to remain true or valid"}],"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\/22537","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=22537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22537"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22537"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}