This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Hedging And Boosting > Boosters – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Boosters Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There are 589 students in the school. 258 are boys. The rest are girls. How many students are girls? A) 430. B) 331. C) 350. D) 137. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 331. 2. You'll do well at school if you just ..... A) Keep your nose to the grindstone. B) A brown study. C) On tenterhooks. D) Moment of truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep your nose to the grindstone. 3. As soon as the boss came in the door, everyone ..... A) Left aghast. B) Aghast. C) Spring into action. D) Sprang into action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprang into action. 4. She ..... untangled herself from some thorny vines and tried to stand. A) Grasp. B) Gullible. C) Gingerly. D) Gibberish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gingerly. 5. A new problem ..... at this critical moment. A) Omnipresent. B) Cropped out. C) Batten the hatches. D) Substantially. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cropped out. 6. If ..... going to school, you need to get ..... backpack ready. A) You're, your. B) Your, you're. C) Your, your. D) You're, you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're, your. 7. I never delegate my tasks to her because she is a ..... A) Bull in the china shop. B) Bury the hatchet. C) Bag standard / bog standard. D) Bear with a sore throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bull in the china shop. 8. 1 is the identity for A) Multiplicative identity. B) Multiplicative inverse. C) Additive identity. D) Additive inverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiplicative identity. 9. I'm not a strong swimmer, so I prefer not to go ..... A) A fish out of water. B) Rub shoulders. C) Out of depth. D) Fly the coop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of depth. 10. It's hard to tell if he's making this proposal in ..... A) Earnest. B) Discrete. C) Dishevel. D) Elude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earnest. 11. The entire house was ..... , I was overly petrified to enter. A) Affected. B) Shivered. C) Pitch-dark. D) People from all walks of lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pitch-dark. 12. The police has a specific goal to ..... crime in the neighborhood. A) Divulge. B) Encumber. C) Extirpate. D) Dismal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extirpate. 13. Who is the father of history A) Huin swang. B) Herodotu. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herodotu. 14. Kerry Ann, ..... hates spiders, wears boots wherever she goes. (who, whom) A) Who. B) Whom. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 15. Does smoking ..... lung cancer? A) Although. B) Despite. C) Draw out. D) Contribute to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contribute to. 16. Ms. Maureen buy 7 shirts.Each shirt has 5 buttons.How many buttons are there altogether? A) 15. B) 45. C) 25. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 35. 17. Jessica hates to stock up on vegetables because they tend to ..... quickly. A) Tumultuous. B) Perish. C) In vain. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perish. 18. I passed all of my exams ..... the fact that I never studied. A) Draw out. B) Despite. C) Although. D) Bring out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despite. 19. We told her it was a delicate situation but she went into the meeting like ..... A) Bull in the china shop. B) Bury the hatchet. C) Bag standard / bog standard. D) A bull in a china shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bull in a china shop. 20. Obviously, we are having a midlife crisis. We were ..... sending our children to private schools. A) Breaking the bank. B) Memory like a sieve. C) Break the bank. D) Thinking cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breaking the bank. 21. She was ..... sharply by her mother. A) Rebuked. B) Infuriated. C) Exemplary. D) Old dame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuked. 22. Oscar planted some seeds. He planted 278 bean seeds and159 sunflower seeds. How many seeds did Oscar plant? A) 450. B) 399. C) 500. D) 437. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 437. 23. Michelle has been in the show since she left school and feels like she needs to ..... A) Come out of their shell. B) Spread her wings. C) Tied to my mother's apron strings. D) Stand in my way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread her wings. 24. After my husband breaks down the ..... shed in our backyard, he is going to build a playhouse for our children in the same area. A) Dilapidated. B) Make ends meet. C) Took a heavy toll. D) Stop in one's track. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilapidated. 25. Red and green are ..... throughout the holiday season. A) Omnipresent / ubiquitous. B) Deter. C) Loiter. D) Grasp the nettle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnipresent / ubiquitous. 26. Max is 183 cm tall, while Ruby is 169 cm tall. By how many centimeters is Max taller than Ruby? A) 12 cm. B) 16cm. C) 18cm. D) 14 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 cm. 27. Which planet is closest to the sun? A) Moon. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 28. We've been looking for an apartment in Geneva for six weeks and it's like finding a ..... A) Bursting at the seams. B) Needle in a haystack. C) House of cards. D) Reduce to ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needle in a haystack. 29. Who is the father of Printing A) Guttenberg. B) Lan wilmut. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guttenberg. 30. I need to find a humane way to ..... all the wildlife from ravaging my vegetable garden. A) Loiter. B) Omnipresent. C) Grasp the nettle. D) Deter. 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