Sentences Test 40

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Question 1
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Choose the most appropriate alternative to the given idiom/phrase:

CHOCK-A-BLOCK

A
Filled to capacity

B
Not being able to fulfil one's desires

C
Blocking somebody's path to progress

D
Suffocation caused due to living in a congested area

Solution

The given phrase means 'crammed full of things'.
Option A is correct. 'Crammed full' means 'filled to capacity'. Thus, it has the required meaning and is the correct answer.
Options B, C and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
Question 2
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Choose the most appropriate alternative meaning to the given idiom/phrase:

UNDER DURESS

A
With superstition

B
According to merit

C
Under compulsion

D
In good faith

Solution

The given phrase means 'Under compulsory force'.
Option C is correct. 'Compulsion' means 'compulsory force'. Thus, it has the required meaning and is the correct answer.
Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
Question 3
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Choose the most appropriate alternative meaning to the given idiom/phrase:

THREW DOWN THE GAUNTLET

A
Challenged

B
Protested

C
Defeated

D
Surpassed

Solution

The given phrase means 'declared or issued a challenge'.
Option A is correct. 'Challenged' means 'issued a challenge'. Thus, the option has the exact meaning as the phrase and is the correct answer.
Options B, C and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
Option B, protested, means 'expressed opposition'.
Option D, surpassed, means 'outdid'.
Question 4
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Choose the most appropriate alternative meaning to the given idiom/phrase:

IN THE GUISE OF

A
In the cloak of

B
In the colour of

C
In the semblance of

D
In the pretence of

Solution

The given phrase means 'In the appearance of'
Option C is correct. 'Semblance' means 'appearance'. Thus, it has the required meaning and is the correct answer.
Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
Question 5
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Choose the correct word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.
He is hard ____ these days.

A
with

B
for

C
up

D
in

Solution

Option C is the correct answer because the preposition 'up' can be added to the word 'hard to form 'the phrase 'hard up' which means short of money.
Options A, B and D are incorrect because the phrases formed by adding these prepositions would be grammatically incorrect and thus illogical if used in the sentence
Question 6
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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase:
A close shave

A
Something done badly

B
Clean shave

C
A narrow escape

D
Bad outfit

Solution

An idiom is an expression that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words in that expression.
The given expression is an idiom, it does not literally mean 'to shave'.
Option C: 'A close shave' means 'a narrow escape from or avoidance of a situation'.
The same is mentioned in option C, hence, it is correct.
Option A: The phrase 'something done badly' does not express the meaning of the idiom.
Option B: 'Clean shave' is the literal meaning, and does not provide the meaning of the idiom.
Option D: 'Bad outfit' does not express the meaning of the idiom.
Hence, options A, B and D are wrong.
Question 7
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Identify the phrase(s) in the given sentence:
While Gina was washing the dishes, John cleared the table and George helped serve dessert.

A
John cleared the table

B
George helped serve dessert

C
While Gina

D
John cleared the table and George helped serve dessert

Solution

Prepositional phrases are a group of words containing preposition which lacks either a verb or a subject. Such phrases always have two basic parts: object and preposition. Prepositions are mostly followed by objects.
Using option C will justify all the above rules. 'While Gina' is a prepositional phrase as 'while' is the preposition and 'Gina' is the object.
Options A, B and D are not prepositional phrases.
Thus, option C is the correct answer.
Question 8
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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase:
To get into a row

A
To arrange in a line

B
To present neatly

C
To get into a boat

D
To quarrel

Solution

An idiom is an expression that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.
'To get into a row' means 'to fight with someone'.
Option D: 'Quarrel' means 'fight', and agrees with the meaning of the expression here. Hence, option D is correct.

Option A: 'Row' means 'line'. So, the phrase 'to get into a row/line' is a literal meaning, whereas the given expression is idiomatic.
Option B: 'To present neatly' does not express the meaning of the idiom here.
Option C: 'To get into a boat' is also a literal meaning here. 'Bow' refers to the action of moving a boat against the water.
These options do not convey the meaning of the idiom 'to fight'. Hence, options A, B and C are wrong.
Question 9
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Identify which of the following is a phrase.

A
together they carried on

B
she never forgets

C
crashing into the wall

D
soon it was all forgotten

Solution

A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject or verb both at the same. Sometimes, the group of words may contain only a subject, or only a verb, with the rest of the words. Sometimes, both subject and verb are not present in the group of words.

Option C is a phrase because there is no subject as well as verb in this option. So, C is the correct option.
Option A is not a phrase because there is a subject 'they' and verb 'carried on'.
Option B is not a phrase as 'she' is a subject and 'forgets' is a verb.
Option D is not a phrase because 'it' is the subject and 'was...forgotten' is a verb phrase.
Question 10
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Identify the meaning of the phrase/word:
Are you going for an interview? Break a leg!

A
to wish someone good luck

B
to ask someone to take a risk

C
to tell someone to go away

D
to ask someone to get injured

Solution

The underlined phrase means 'good luck!'.
Option A is correct. It has the same meaning as the required one. Thus, it is the correct answer.
Options B, C and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.

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Sentences Test 40

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SHARING IS CARING

Question 1

Filled to capacity

Not being able to fulfil one's desires

Blocking somebody's path to progress

Suffocation caused due to living in a congested area

Solution

Question 2

With superstition

According to merit

Under compulsion

In good faith

Solution

Question 3

Challenged

Protested

Defeated

Surpassed

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Question 4

In the cloak of

In the colour of

In the semblance of

In the pretence of

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Question 5

with

for

up

in

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Question 6

Something done badly

Clean shave

A narrow escape

Bad outfit

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Question 7

John cleared the table

George helped serve dessert

While Gina

John cleared the table and George helped serve dessert

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Question 8

To arrange in a line

To present neatly

To get into a boat

To quarrel

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Question 9

together they carried on

she never forgets

crashing into the wall

soon it was all forgotten

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Question 10

to wish someone good luck

to ask someone to take a risk

to tell someone to go away

to ask someone to get injured

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