This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Hedging And Boosting > Boosters – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Boosters Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On her wedding day the church was ..... A) Needle in a haysack. B) Bursting at the seams. C) House of cards. D) Reduce to ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bursting at the seams. 2. When are nominations for officers held? A) At the beginning of the season. B) At the last meeting after the season's end. C) At the first meeting of the year. D) At the end of the school year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the last meeting after the season's end. 3. Because of the ..... of apartments in the city, the rental rates are quite high. A) Scarcity. B) Umpteen years. C) Perish. D) Mitigate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. 4. They contributed ..... to our success. A) Omnipresent. B) Cropped out. C) Batten the hatches. D) Substantially. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Substantially. 5. Consumers are offered bargains ..... during the holiday season. A) Gallant. B) Galore. C) Gargantuan. D) Gazette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gargantuan. 6. Janet was like ..... when she found out she had missed her connecting flight. A) A bear with a sore head. B) Bowing and scraping. C) Bag standard / bog standard. D) Bow and scrape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bear with a sore head. 7. It is easier to ..... than perform the task at hand A) Like a bear with a sore head. B) Build sandcastles in the air. C) Bag standard / bog standard. D) Bow and scrape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build sandcastles in the air. 8. Multiplicative inverse of a negative rational numberis A) 0. B) 1. C) A negative rational number. D) A positive rational number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A negative rational number. 9. Which of the gas is not known as green house gas? A) Hydrogen. B) Carbondioxide. C) Methane. D) Nitrous oxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 10. " ..... never going to work!" she whispered. (its, it's) A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's. 11. We were ..... when we could not locate the location of our grandma. A) Outright insolence. B) On the verge of tears. C) Infuriated. D) Rebuked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the verge of tears. 12. She is way cooler ..... you. (than, then) A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 13. Length of side lines? A) 35.5m. B) 5.25m. C) 25.5m. D) 30.5m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30.5m. 14. Two crackers are needed to make each S'more. If the family has 18 crackers altogether, how many S'mores can they make? A) 9 s'mores. B) 12 s'mores. C) 10 s'mores. D) 20 s'mores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9 s'mores. 15. His wife is ..... after looking after the children. A) Scurry. B) Overzealous. C) Worn out. D) Outworn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worn out. 16. The brake shoes on your bicycle are getting ..... , you'll need to replace them pretty soon. A) Outworn. B) Overzealous. C) Scurry. D) Worn out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worn out. 17. It was as if she was being forced to ..... what she wanted to tell but had promised not to. A) Dismal. B) Divulge. C) Everlasting. D) Effectual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divulge. 18. Occupational Therapy began around which major event? A) The Great Depression. B) WW1. C) The Moon Landing. D) Covid-19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WW1. 19. Multiplicative inverse of 0/1 is A) 0. B) 1. C) -1. D) Not defined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not defined. 20. Though they are both citrus, lemons and limes are two ..... fruits. A) Dishelved. B) Elude. C) Discrete. D) Earnest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrete. 21. What planets are closest to the asteroid belt? A) Mercury and Jupiter. B) Mars and Saturn. C) Earth and Uranus. D) Neptune and Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury and Jupiter. 22. ..... as the door was ajar. I remembered vividly I locked my room before I left. A) The rubber band of stress in me snapped. B) An irrational fear overwhelming me. C) Belt out. D) My hands clammy from perspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An irrational fear overwhelming me. 23. The issue of allowing mobile phones in the classroom is a ..... right now-it could go either way. A) Gain ground. B) Gift of the gab. C) Grey area. D) All that glistens is not gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grey area. 24. The injured victim had to ..... to another side of the road. A) Loosen up. B) Lumbered. C) Lumber. D) Scurry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumber. 25. The sergeant was ..... orders. A) Bellow. B) Bellowed. C) Below. D) Bellowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bellowing. 26. My husband ..... buying a sports car. A) Memory like a sieve. B) Broke the bank. C) Break the bank. D) Thinking cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke the bank. 27. WHICH CO OR COMPANY HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF RACE CARS COMPANY A) LAMBORGHINI. B) PORSCHE. C) VOLKSWAGEN. D) BUGATTI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VOLKSWAGEN. 28. A ..... of grasshoppers. A) Swarm. B) Flight. C) Troop. D) Posse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swarm. 29. An ankle injury will greatly ..... your ability to exercise. A) Hinder. B) Hackneyed. C) Humane. D) Hearsay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinder. 30. No wonder they have been a hit in the Asia! People has been buying their products due to ..... A) Stool pigeon. B) To the best of my knowledge. C) Hit the airways. D) Word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word of mouth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWriting Style QuizzesGrammar QuizzesBoosters Quiz 1Boosters Quiz 3Boosters Quiz 4Boosters Quiz 5Boosters Quiz 6Boosters Quiz 7Boosters Quiz 8Boosters Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books