Idioms and Phrases Practice Test 2 – Questions for SSC, Banking & Railway

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Enhance your preparation with our Idioms and Phrases Practice Test 2, specifically created for competitive examinations. This English Idioms and Phrases Test contains key Idioms and Phrases Questions with Detailed Solutions to enable you to comprehend meanings effectively. It is extremely helpful for learning Idioms and Phrases for SSC Banking Railway Examinations easily and efficiently.

Idioms and Phrases Practice Test 2

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Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Q. She asked me off passing on her good wishes to all her friends and colleagues.

i) asked me of passing away her good wishes
ii) asked me to pass on her good wishes
iii) ask me to pass out her good wishes

2 / 10

Direction: In the given question, five words are printed in bold and are numbered A, B, C, D and E. The positions of some highlighted words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged with another highlighted to make the sentence correct. Find the words that need to be exchanged.

Q. A relevant

(A) background knowledge will make

(B) you more confident

(C) and help you to draw

(D) up a list of really little

(E) questions.

3 / 10

Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Q. Well, my plan to go to the beach is gone to a burton now that it’s supposed to rain all weekend.

i) plan to go to the beach had went for a burton now
ii) plan to go to the beach is gone for a burton now
iii) plan of going to the beach is gone for a burton now

4 / 10

Direction: In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, alternatives to the emboldened part are given as (A), (B), (C) and (D), which may help improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative out of the given five options. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer will be option (E), i.e., "No replacement required".

Q. Before pulling out of the driveway, my brother told everyone in the car to halfway house because he forgot to turn off the stove in the house.

5 / 10

Direction: In the given question, five words are printed in bold and are numbered A, B, C, D and E. The positions of some highlighted words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged with another highlighted to make the sentence correct. Find the words that need to be exchanged.

Q. Withstand

(A) companies talk about virulent

(B) agriculture, they create plant varieties

(C) that can while

(D) being sprayed by their most sustainable

(E) herbicides.

6 / 10

Direction: In the given question, five words are printed in bold and are numbered A, B, C, D and E. The positions of some highlighted words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged with another highlighted to make the sentence correct. Find the words that need to be exchanged.

Q. Likely

(A) that the doctor has ruled out sensitivity

(B) and other given

(C) causes for the diarrhoea, then

(D) food infection

(E) should be considered.

7 / 10

Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Q. Rashmi hates everybody and everything which remind her of her mistakes

i) which have reminded

ii) who reminds her

iii) that reminds her

8 / 10

Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Q. The local police is working hand in glove with the FBI to find the bank robbers.

i) police is being working hand in glove with the FBI
ii) police have been working hand in glove with the FBI
iii) police are working hand in glove with the FBI

9 / 10

Direction: In the given question, five words are printed in bold and are numbered A, B, C, D and E. The positions of some highlighted words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged with another highlighted to make the sentence correct. Find the words that need to be exchanged.

Q. After

(A) the wheat crop has been gathered

(B), many farmers burn the remains

(C) and plough

(D) the ash into the soil, so as to enrich

(E) the soil.

10 / 10

Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer.

Q. In spite of the rumours of an impending take over by the government, Mr. Bajaj bought more than shares of that company.

i) bought much shares to

ii) should be bought

iii) bought many shares of

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Idioms and Phrases Practice Test 2

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