{"id":22552,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/lay-the-foundation-english-meaning-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","slug":"lay-the-foundation-english-meaning-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/lay-the-foundation-english-meaning-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay the foundation English Meaning Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which choice shows the idiomatic meaning of <strong>Lay the foundation<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to establish the basic support for future success<\/li>\n<li>to return money or repay a wrong<\/li>\n<li>to make a special effort to help or do something<\/li>\n<li>not at all<\/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-22552","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Lay the foundation<\/strong> means <strong>to establish the basic support for future success<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe starting the base on which later work depends.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Early reading can <strong>lay the foundation<\/strong> for good writing.<\/li><li>The first lesson <strong>laid the foundation<\/strong> for the course.<\/li><li>Discipline helps <strong>lay the foundation<\/strong> for success.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to establish the basic support for future success"},{"right":"no","answer":"to return money or repay a wrong"},{"right":"no","answer":"to make a special effort to help or do something"},{"right":"no","answer":"not at all"}],"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\/22552","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=22552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22552"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22552"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}