{"id":22574,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-on-edge\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:50","slug":"english-usage-review-on-edge","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-on-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"English Usage Review: \u201cOn edge\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How should a reader understand <strong>On edge<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to oppose or act contrary to something<\/li>\n<li>in agreement or harmony with something<\/li>\n<li>to think someone is inferior<\/li>\n<li>nervous or anxious<\/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-22574","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>On edge<\/strong> means <strong>nervous or anxious<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe feeling tense and unable to relax.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The students were <strong>on edge<\/strong> before the result.<\/li><li>The strange noise made everyone <strong>on edge<\/strong>.<\/li><li>She felt <strong>on edge<\/strong> before her speech.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to oppose or act contrary to something"},{"right":"no","answer":"in agreement or harmony with something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to think someone is inferior"},{"right":"yes","answer":"nervous or anxious"}],"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\/22574","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=22574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22574"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22574"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}