{"id":22948,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/call-to-account-in-english-grammar-mcq\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","slug":"call-to-account-in-english-grammar-mcq","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/call-to-account-in-english-grammar-mcq\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to account in English Grammar MCQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Identify the correct meaning of the expression <strong>Call to account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>As an extra addition<\/li>\n<li>To be in a very uncertain or dangerous state<\/li>\n<li>As a result of something<\/li>\n<li>With very little warning or preparation time<\/li>\n<li>To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3202,3210,3209],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22948","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-communication","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-decision-making","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Call to account<\/strong> means <strong>to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible<\/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 committee decided to <em>call to account<\/em> the careless officer.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Call to account<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Call to account<\/em> with the idea of <strong>to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"As an extra addition"},{"right":"no","answer":"To be in a very uncertain or dangerous state"},{"right":"no","answer":"As a result of something"},{"right":"no","answer":"With very little warning or preparation time"},{"right":"yes","answer":"To demand an explanation or hold someone responsible"}],"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":3202,"title":"Communication","slug":"communication"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22948","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=22948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22948"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22948"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}