📚 Idioms and Phrases Practice

Q21. He resigned the post of his own accord.

• according to his judgement
• which he liked
• voluntarily and willing
• according to his convenience

Q22. His promotion is on the cards.

• due
• evident
• certain
• probable

Q23. The captain played with determination because the honour of the team was at stake.

• very low
• at the top
• in danger
• appropriate

Q24. It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.

• tried to cause an accident
• helped in the execution of the plan
• thwarted the execution of the plan
• destroy the plan

Q25. He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point.

• in his study room
• absorbed in reading
• absent – minded
• in a state of shock

Q26. He does not like to be friendly with Sarita, he always gives her a cold shoulder.

• Pushes her with his shoulder whenever they meet
• Creates all sorts of troubles for her
• Insults her in the presence of others
• Tries to be unfriendly by taking no notice of her

Q27. With the existing management the future of the company is in doldrums.

• dull
• bright
• uncertain
• secure

Q28. Though he has a lot of money, yet all his plans are built upon sand.

• based on inexperience
• resting on immature ideas
• resting on cheap material
• established on insecure foundations

Q29. It was such a strange affair that I could make head or tail of it.

• face it
• tolerate it
• remember it
• understand it

Q30. thought his skill would match up to Kashav’s bulk, but in the fight he was beaten neck and crop.

• softly
• completely
• swiftly
• profoundly