This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Hedging And Boosting > Boosters – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Boosters Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A false feeling that people are trying to harm you. A) Menacing. B) Paranoid. C) Cryptic. D) Diabolical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paranoid. 2. We need to ..... that baby down for a nap. A) Lie. B) Lay. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lay. 3. Danny was in danger of failing, so before his last math test he left the show early to go home and ..... A) On tenterhooks. B) A brown study. C) Hit the books. D) Keep your nose to the grindstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hit the books. 4. May Day has become a ..... institution A) Venerable. B) Erudite. C) Bibliophile. D) Of utmost importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venerable. 5. How Chunking works? A) Breaking down large information into smaller pieces. B) Building up small informations into large concept. C) Doing gym to build muscle. D) Information radiates outward from the central topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breaking down large information into smaller pieces. 6. As a vegetarian, Jill believes people should only eat plants as part of an effort to be more ..... to animals. A) Humane. B) Hinder. C) Hackneyed. D) Hearsay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humane. 7. She'll have to get a job and learn to ..... sooner or later. A) The world of good. B) Stand on her own two feet. C) Tied to her mother's apron strings. D) Fly their coop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stand on her own two feet. 8. My brother ..... carpet for a living. A) Lies. B) Lays. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lays. 9. First came lightning, and ..... came thunder. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Then. 10. The old dame was ..... when her Chanel bag was snatched by the pillion rider. A) Huff and puff. B) Bellow for help. C) Hollering for help. D) Panting for air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hollering for help. 11. What is the name of the dwarf planet in our solar system? A) Neptune. B) Earth. C) Uranus. D) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pluto. 12. We need to take ..... to tackle the problems. A) Spread like wildfire. B) Aforementioned. C) Precautionary measures. D) Scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precautionary measures. 13. (Who's/Whose) opinions do you value? A) Whose. B) Who's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 14. Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to ..... in this great movement. A) Does your bit. B) Do your bits. C) Do my bit. D) Done my pits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do my bit. 15. What is the minimum number of years a Junior player must participate to receive a Junior jacket? A) Four years. B) Two years. C) Three years. D) One year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two years. 16. And for survivors, cancer treatments take a heavy toll and can have long-term health effects. A) Make ends meet. B) Dilapidated. C) Stop in one's track. D) Take a heavy toll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take a heavy toll. 17. Elon musk is a native of which country A) Cannada. B) India. C) USA. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 18. Diameter of the centre circle? A) 0.9m. B) 1m. C) 0.8m. D) 0.7m. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.9m. 19. The ..... of jobs in the town has caused the crime rate to increase dramatically. A) Perish. B) Scarcity. C) Mitigate. D) Umpteen years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcity. 20. Which is attractive among birds A) Male. B) Female. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Male. 21. Extremely evil, very unpleasant, bad, or annoying. A) Cryptic. B) Concoct. C) Diabolical. D) Superstitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diabolical. 22. A woman has to ..... an extreme amount of pain during childbirth. A) Engrossed. B) Endure. C) Exude. D) Exemplary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endure. 23. Every rational number has a reciprocal A) Cant say. B) True. C) False. D) Some times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False. 24. He was still ..... waiting for his directors' decision about the job. A) A brown study. B) On tenterhooks. C) In the nick of time. D) Moment of truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On tenterhooks. 25. To stop happening; to end. A) Paranoid. B) Cease. C) Superstitious. D) Isolated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cease. 26. Who is the founder of the parallel universe theory? A) Hugh Everett. B) Stephen Hawking. C) Nikola tesla. D) Albert einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hugh Everett. 27. What is the purpose of cognitive training? A) To enhance the ability of the brain to encode memories. B) To prevent dementia. C) To improve visual attention and speed of mental processing. D) To shrink the Hippocampus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prevent dementia. 28. ..... , when I fell down, lost my phone and spilled my drink all over me. 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: A) The rubber band of stress in me snapped. 29. Working in a record shop was pretty much a ..... A) Labour of love. B) Raspy. C) Exemplary. D) Bellowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labour of love. 30. Maria's ..... hug made me suspicious of her motives. A) Zeal. B) Jealous. C) Scurry. D) Overzealous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overzealous. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWriting Style QuizzesGrammar QuizzesBoosters Quiz 1Boosters Quiz 2Boosters Quiz 4Boosters Quiz 5Boosters Quiz 6Boosters Quiz 7Boosters Quiz 8Boosters Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books