This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Hedging And Boosting > Boosters – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Boosters Quiz 17 (25 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) 331. B) 430. C) 137. D) 350. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 331. 2. You'll do well at school if you just ..... A) On tenterhooks. B) A brown study. C) Moment of truth. D) Keep your nose to the grindstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keep your nose to the grindstone. 3. As soon as the boss came in the door, everyone ..... A) Spring into action. B) Sprang into action. C) Aghast. D) Left aghast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sprang into action. 4. Expand TNG A) Three Nitro Glycerine. B) Tri Nitro Glycerine. C) Tyre nitro glycerine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tri Nitro Glycerine. 5. She ..... untangled herself from some thorny vines and tried to stand. A) Gibberish. B) Gullible. C) Gingerly. D) Grasp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gingerly. 6. 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. 7. Paranoid A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 8. If ..... going to school, you need to get ..... backpack ready. A) You're, your. B) Your, you're. C) You're, you're. D) Your, your. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're, your. 9. 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. 10. 1 is the identity for A) Multiplicative inverse. B) Additive inverse. C) Multiplicative identity. D) Additive identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiplicative identity. 11. I'm not a strong swimmer, so I prefer not to go ..... A) A fish out of water. B) Out of depth. C) Fly the coop. D) Rub shoulders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out of depth. 12. It's hard to tell if he's making this proposal in ..... A) Discrete. B) Earnest. C) Dishevel. D) Elude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earnest. 13. 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. 14. The police has a specific goal to ..... crime in the neighborhood. A) Dismal. B) Divulge. C) Extirpate. D) Encumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extirpate. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. Does smoking ..... lung cancer? A) Despite. B) Although. C) Draw out. D) Contribute to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contribute to. 18. Ms. Maureen buy 7 shirts.Each shirt has 5 buttons.How many buttons are there altogether? A) 15. B) 25. C) 35. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35. 19. Jessica hates to stock up on vegetables because they tend to ..... quickly. A) Perish. B) Livid. C) In vain. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perish. 20. I passed all of my exams ..... the fact that I never studied. A) Despite. B) Although. C) Draw out. D) Bring out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite. 21. 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. 22. Obviously, we are having a midlife crisis. We were ..... sending our children to private schools. A) Memory like a sieve. B) Thinking cap. C) Breaking the bank. D) Break the bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breaking the bank. 23. She was ..... sharply by her mother. A) Rebuked. B) Infuriated. C) Old dame. D) Exemplary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuked. 24. Oscar planted some seeds. He planted 278 bean seeds and159 sunflower seeds. How many seeds did Oscar plant? A) 500. B) 399. C) 450. D) 437. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 437. 25. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWriting Style QuizzesGrammar QuizzesBoosters Quiz 1Boosters Quiz 2Boosters Quiz 3Boosters Quiz 4Boosters Quiz 5Boosters Quiz 6Boosters Quiz 7Boosters Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books