{"id":22909,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/contextual-meaning-of-at-a-moments-notice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","slug":"contextual-meaning-of-at-a-moments-notice","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/contextual-meaning-of-at-a-moments-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Contextual Meaning of At a moment&#8217;s notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What idea is expressed by <strong>At a moment&#8217;s notice<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>To support or defend a person, idea, or cause<\/li>\n<li>With very little warning or preparation time<\/li>\n<li>By honest or dishonest methods<\/li>\n<li>To have a lasting and powerful influence<\/li>\n<li>To understand something after thought or investigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3213,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22909","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At a moment's notice<\/strong> means <strong>with very little warning or preparation time<\/strong>. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The nurse was ready to help <em>at a moment's notice<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>At a moment's notice<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>with very little warning or preparation time<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>At a moment's notice<\/em> with the idea of <strong>with very little warning or preparation time<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"To support or defend a person, idea, or cause"},{"right":"yes","answer":"With very little warning or preparation time"},{"right":"no","answer":"By honest or dishonest methods"},{"right":"no","answer":"To have a lasting and powerful influence"},{"right":"no","answer":"To understand something after thought or investigation"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22909","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=22909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22909"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22909"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}