{"id":22551,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-interpretation-practice-lay-emphasis-on\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","slug":"phrase-interpretation-practice-lay-emphasis-on","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/phrase-interpretation-practice-lay-emphasis-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase Interpretation Practice: Lay emphasis on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom <strong>Lay emphasis on<\/strong> usually mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to be accepted as something or someone<\/li>\n<li>to make a sudden loud noise or explode<\/li>\n<li>to honor someone who has died<\/li>\n<li>to give special importance to something<\/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-22551","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Lay emphasis on<\/strong> means <strong>to give special importance to something<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe stressing a point, subject, or quality.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The teacher will <strong>lay emphasis on<\/strong> grammar.<\/li><li>The speech <strong>laid emphasis on<\/strong> honesty.<\/li><li>Good schools <strong>lay emphasis on<\/strong> reading habits.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to be accepted as something or someone"},{"right":"no","answer":"to make a sudden loud noise or explode"},{"right":"no","answer":"to honor someone who has died"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to give special importance to something"}],"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\/22551","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=22551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22551"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22551"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}