{"id":4406,"date":"2021-01-15T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4406"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"the-students-were-all-ears-when-the-speaker-started-talking-about-the-changes-in-the-exam","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/the-students-were-all-ears-when-the-speaker-started-talking-about-the-changes-in-the-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of All Ears in a Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>all ears<\/strong> mean?<br>The students were <strong>all ears<\/strong> when the speaker started talking about the changes in the exam.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>attentive<\/li>\n<li>restless<\/li>\n<li>silent<\/li>\n<li>smiling<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3124],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1893,2494,2495],"class_list":["post-4406","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-listening-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-5","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>attentive<\/strong> is correct because <strong>all ears<\/strong> means attentive and ready to listen carefully.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>When the coach announced the team list, everyone was all ears.<\/em> <em>I am all ears if you want to explain your idea.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom focuses on careful listening. A person may be silent or smiling, but those words do not express the idiom's meaning.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"attentive"},{"right":"no","answer":"restless"},{"right":"no","answer":"silent"},{"right":"no","answer":"smiling"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3124,"title":"Listening Idioms","slug":"listening-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4406","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=4406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}