{"id":22541,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-usage-quiz-in-the-meantime\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","slug":"common-usage-quiz-in-the-meantime","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/common-usage-quiz-in-the-meantime\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Usage Quiz: In the meantime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the option that best matches <strong>In the meantime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>because of something<\/li>\n<li>during the time before something else happens<\/li>\n<li>to start a journey, task, or plan<\/li>\n<li>in a difficult situation with few choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22541","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In the meantime<\/strong> means <strong>during the time before something else happens<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe referring to the waiting period between two events.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The bus is late; <strong>in the meantime<\/strong>, read your book.<\/li><li>The teacher will arrive soon; <strong>in the meantime<\/strong>, revise the lesson.<\/li><li>Dinner is cooking; <strong>in the meantime<\/strong>, set the table.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"because of something"},{"right":"yes","answer":"during the time before something else happens"},{"right":"no","answer":"to start a journey, task, or plan"},{"right":"no","answer":"in a difficult situation with few choices"}],"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":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22541","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=22541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22541"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22541"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}