{"id":4408,"date":"2021-01-15T18:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4408"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:09","slug":"the-departmental-store-is-open-around-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/the-departmental-store-is-open-around-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Around the Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>around the clock<\/strong> mean?<br>The department store is open <strong>around the clock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>early in the morning<\/li>\n<li>day and night<\/li>\n<li>at different times<\/li>\n<li>throughout the afternoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3127],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1893,2494,2495],"class_list":["post-4408","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-time-expressions","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-5","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>day and night<\/strong> is correct because <strong>around the clock<\/strong> means all day and all night, or twenty-four hours a day.<\/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>The hospital provides emergency care around the clock.<\/em> <em>The support team worked around the clock to fix the problem.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase means continuous availability, not only morning, afternoon, or irregular times.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"early in the morning"},{"right":"yes","answer":"day and night"},{"right":"no","answer":"at different times"},{"right":"no","answer":"throughout the afternoon"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3127,"title":"Time Expressions","slug":"time-expressions"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4408","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=4408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}