CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Sentences Quiz 14 - MCQExams.com

Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
"To have an easy time of it"
  • To squander away resources
  • To indulge in frivolities
  • To take the world lightly
  • To be self-dependent
  • To live in quiet and comfort
Choose the option that replaces the phrase in quotes to complete the idiomatic expression.
Her presence 'casted a long shadow over' the 2-day gathering of the national delegates.
  • Casted a long shadow over
  • Cast a long shadow over
  • Cast some shadow on
  • Cast some shadow of doubt on top
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To fall flat
  • To retreat
  • To meet accidentally
  • To fail
  • To be met with a cold reception
Choose the option that replaces the phrase in quotes with the correct idiomatic expression.

Allow me to complete narrating the incident - don't 'jump on a conclusion.'
  • Jump to a conclusion
  • Jump at the conclusion
  • Jump for the conclusion
  • Jump by yourself
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the given sentence. 

I'm ________a swimmer as my sister.
  • Better
  • Good as
  • Not as good
  • So good
Choose the option that replaces the phrase in quotes with the correct idiomatic expression.
We still have a long way to go before the project gets completed - we need to "put up the ante" on this.
  • Put up the ante
  • Pull up the ante
  • Increase the ante
  • Up the ante
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence from the given alternatives.
To answer accurately is more important than to ________.
  • quick finish
  • finish quickly
  • finishing quickly
  • you finish quickly
What was the problem? Why__________ leave early?
  • Have you to
  • Did you have to
  • Must you
  • You had to
Pick the correct answer choice for filling the blank in the following sentence.
He ____  and escaped.
  • Forced the door open
  • Forced open the door
  • Open forced the door
  • The door forced open
Identify the phrase(s) in the given sentence:
Glancing back at the house, Hannah remembered all the years she had lived there. 
  • Glancing back at the house
  • Hannah remembered
  • she had lived there
  • Hannah remembered all the years she had lived there
Given below is a foreign language phrase that is commonly used. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase
Pro rata
  • at the rate of
  • at quoted rate
  • in proportion
  • beyond all proportion
Select the most appropriate word which can substitute the given description: 
One who knows many languages.
  • Bilingual
  • Linguist
  • Philosopher
  • Narrator
Select the most appropriate word which can substitute the given description: 
The life history of a man written by someone else.
  • Autobiography
  • Biography
  • Calligraphy
  • Autography
The more electricity you use, ..
  • Your bill will be higher
  • Will be higher your bill
  • The higher your bill will be
  • Higher your bill will be
Select the most appropriate word for the black space:
'Please' and 'Thank you' are the little courtesies by which we keep the ______ of life oiled and running smoothly.
  • Path
  • Machine
  • Garden
  • River
Select the most appropriate word for the black space:
It is not what you say that ______, but what you do. 
  • Matches
  • Implies
  • Matters
  • Moves
Complete the dialogue with a suitable sentence:
A: ______________________________
B: Yes, please. Can I give you the money now?
  • Will you lend me some money?
  • Will you buy some fruit on the way back home?
  • Shall we go to the opera tonight?
  • Shall I get you a ticket for the Madonna Concert?
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: I've been working a lot on my computer these days.
B: Oh, really? ________ you had a computer.
  • I haven't known
  • I hadn't known
  • I didn't know
  • I don't know
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