CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Sentences Quiz 8 - MCQExams.com

Find the option that best describes the idiom given in quotes in the following sentence.

Not too many criminals 'get away scot-free' like he did.
  • Get scotch for free
  • Go unpunished for a crime they commit
  • Go to heaven
  • Get caught by chance
What does the expression 'skimming around like small gnats' suggests about the toddlers?
  • Able to go skillfully up and down the slopes.
  • An irritation as they moved in all directions noisily
  • Skilled and confident like pilots of fighter planes.
  • Careless and kept bumping into those around them.
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
At the eleventh hour
  • Very late
  • Very early
  • At the last moment
  • In time
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Carry out
  • Do something as required
  • Take out
  • Take away
  • Pick out
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Put aside
  • Ignore or forget something
  • To estimate
  • To calculate
  • To change
Choose the correct meaning of the following phrase:
Carry out
  • Do something as required
  • Take out
  • Take away
  • Pick out
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Put something down
  • Hold something down
  • Present something
  • Ask for something
  • Record something
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Beyond one's means
  • Beyond one's power
  • Beyond one's budget
  • Beyond one's ability
  • Very far
Select the meaning of the given phrase/idiom.
Go bad
  • Become unpleasant
  • Decay
  • Become disagreeable
  • Damage
Select the meaning of the given phrase.
A wet blanket
  • A blanket which is wet
  • A discouraging person
  • A black sheep
  • A heavy blanket
Choose the correct phrase from the given options to complete the sentence.
The moment they saw me, they _______.
  • Are delighted
  • Had delighted
  • Were delighted
  • Have been delighted
Select the meaning of the given phrase from the options given below.

Beyond one's means
  • Beyond one's ability
  • Beyond one's budget
  • Beyond one's power
  • Very far
 Fill in the blank number (2) ________.
  • Him
  • Her
  • Herself
  • Himself
 Fill in the blank number (5). 
  • Serve
  • Do
  • Are
  • Is
Fill in the blank number (7)  _________ .
  • Him
  • It
  • Them
  • Their
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank from the given alternatives.

The whole country was in ______ for the dead king.
  • Mourn
  • Mournful
  • Mourning
  • Mourned
 Fill in the blank number (1) _______ .
  • Wood
  • Him
  • It
  • Them
 Fill in the blank number (4) _______ .
  • We
  • As
  • To
  • In
 Fill in the blank number (6). 
  • To
  • For
  • Than
  • From
Select the meaning of the given phrase from the options given below.

To fall flat
  • To have no effect
  • To be difficult to understand
  • To understand clearly
  • To fall with a thud
 Fill in the blank number ___(3)____.
  • As
  • And
  • For
  • So
Which of the following alternatives best expresses the meaning of the phrase "Call in"?
  • Address
  • Evoke
  • Invite
  • Summon
  • Invoke
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Get off"
  • Overcome
  • Find agreeable
  • Succeed
  • Dismount
  • Set free
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
I came to Kanpur five years ago, but  __________ I have not been to my home town. 
  • Since
  • Ever since
  • Since ever
  • All of the above
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given phrase:
Back away
  • Move away
  • Move on
  • Move backwards
  • Move forwards
Which of the following alternatives best expresses the meaning of the phrase "Call up"?
  • To pay a visit to
  • Recollect
  • Meet
  • Exhort
  • Beg for support
Select the meaning of the given phrase.

Get on
  • Achieve
  • Defeat
  • Perform
  • Continue
Select the meaning of the given phrase / idiom:

Pulled up
  • Helped
  • Advised
  • Told
  • Scolded
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Get through"
  • To pass through
  • To wake up
  • To overcome
  • To overpower
  • To exult over some achievement
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase:
Look back
  • See backwards
  • Examine
  • Think of the past
  • Rejoice over some past event
Complete the sentence using one of the four options given below. 

He made _____ but failed.
  • Attempt after attempts
  • Attempts after attempts
  • Attempts after attempt
  • Attempt after attempt
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"To get rid of"
  • To be deprived of
  • To understand
  • To become free from
  • To prevail over
  • To become irritated
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Hand over"
  • Help out
  • Give in
  • Transmit
  • Give up
  • Make over
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Hang out"
  • Be consistent
  • Suspend
  • Loiter near a place
  • Continue
  • Display
Select appropriate option to fill in the blank:
Ask about the telephone. (when/invent?) _________
  • When was the telephone invented ?
  • When the telephone was invented?
  • When did the telephone invent?
  • When does the telephone invent?
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Look into"
  • To be a spectator
  • Except
  • Examine
  • Watch
  • Respect
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Go after"
  • Follow
  • Resist
  • Advance
  • Go from one side to another
  • Turn to the side
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Look after"
  • Think in perspective
  • Evaluate
  • Point towards
  • Retrace one's step
  • Take care of
Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"Look for"
  • To search for
  • To care earnestly
  • To disregard
  • To venerate
  • To identify
Frame a Wh question that corresponds to the given answer:
Question: _______________ (arrest / anyone yesterday)
Answer: I don't know. 
  • Does he arrest anyone yesterday?
  • Has he arrested anyone yesterday?
  • Do he arrest anyone yesterday?
  • Did he arrest anyone yesterday?
Frame a WH question to get the underlined part as the answer:
I had to go to the hospital last week because I had a severe stomach ache.
  • Why did you have to go to the hospital?
  • When did you have to go to the hospital?
  • Where did you have to go to the hospital?
  • How did you have to go to the hospital?
Frame a meaningful sentence using the given words from the bracket:
(when/ built / this house / was).
  • When was this house built?
  • When this house was built?
  • This house was built when?
  • When built was this house?
Frame a Wh- question to get the following answer:
Something fell on the floor.
  • Who fell on the floor?
  • When did it fall on the floor?
  • What fell on the floor?
  • Why did it fall on the floor?
Frame a Wh question that corresponds to the following answer:
This book belongs to somebody.
  • Who does this book belong to?
  • What does this book belong to?
  • Why does this book belong to?
  • Which does this book belong to?
Frame a meaningful question using the given words:
(how / cheese / is / made)
  • How cheese is made?
  • Cheese is made how?
  • Cheese how is made?
  • How is cheese made?
Frame a Wh- question to get the following answer:
I fell over something.
  • Who did you fall over?
  • What did you fall over?
  • Why did you fall over?
  • When did you fall over?
Frame a Wh- question to get the following answer:
Diane told me something.
  • Why did Diane tell you?
  • Who did Diane tell you?
  • When did Diane tell you?
  • What did Diane tell you?
Frame a Wh- question to get the answer:
Question: ___________
Answer: I am worried about something.
  • Who are you worried about?
  • Why are you worried about?
  • What are you worried about?
  • When are you worried about?
Frame a meaningful sentence from the given words:
(why / Sue / working / isn't / today) ______________
  • Why Sue isn't working today?
  • Why isn't Sue working today?
  • Why today Sue isn't working?
  • Sue isn't working today Why?
Frame a question that corresponds to the given answer:
Question: _______________________________
Answer: We usually go on a holiday once a year.
  • When do you on a holiday?
  • Where do you go to a holiday?
  • How do you go on a holiday?
  • How often do you go on a holiday?
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