Idioms and Phrases Practice Question and Answer
5 Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Come to light
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5e1fe9ca401f2e7561e9a28f- 1To be well lit-upfalse
- 2To be obscurefalse
- 3To be known publiclytrue
- 4To pry a secretfalse
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Answer : 3. "To be known publicly"
Q:Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given below sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required ‘, mark (E) as the answer.
Came what may, she never missed a single sermon.
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5deb271b0c76b7071ae32329- 1come whatever mayfalse
- 2come what maytrue
- 3Come what may befalse
- 4Came what may befalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "come what may"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
The effort to trace the culprit was a wild goose chase.
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5dcd4012f50c4b23b0832a03- 1fruitful huntingfalse
- 2futile searchtrue
- 3idea seekingfalse
- 4genuine effortfalse
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Answer : 2. "futile search "
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
We have appealed to him again and again; there is no use flogging a dead horse now.
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5daebcf1cca75847f4d94cd3- 1repeating our requestfalse
- 2making him see reasonfalse
- 3beating about the bushfalse
- 4wasting time in useless efforttrue
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Answer : 4. "wasting time in useless effort"
Q:Directions: In the following question, which of the phrases given against the sentence should replace the word/phrase given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, select ‘No correction required’ as the answer.
In a field one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heartfelt content.
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5d8d82de39471b11d4fd013f- 1hearty contendfalse
- 2hearts contentionfalse
- 3heart’s contenttrue
- 4heart contentsfalse
- 5no correction requiredfalse
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