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Olympiad (Class 4) Collocations, one-word substitution, proverbs and idioms — practice questions

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Which meaning fits the proverb "A stitch in time saves nine"?Read the answer and worked solution →Ravi rushed his homework and made many mistakes. Which proverb suits him?Read the answer and worked solution →What does "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" teach us?Read the answer and worked solution →What does "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The ring looked shiny but was made of plastic. Which proverb fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Which proverb tells us that fruit helps us stay healthy?Read the answer and worked solution →What does "Fortune favours the bold" mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which saying means you cannot keep a thing and use it up as well?Read the answer and worked solution →Kiran likes cricket, and so do all his close friends. Which proverb fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Which proverb tells us that dogs are loyal to people?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the proverb: The early bird gets the ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the proverb: An apple a day keeps the ____ away.Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the proverb: Don't count your ____ before they hatch.Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the proverb: All that glitters is not ____.Read the answer and worked solution →A proverb is best described as which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a proverb?Read the answer and worked solution →Ben told his friend about the secret party by mistake. Which idiom fits?Read the answer and worked solution →If someone says "It's raining cats and dogs", what is the weather?Read the answer and worked solution →Before a play, a friend says "Break a leg!" What does she wish you?Read the answer and worked solution →Which idiom means you do two jobs with one action?Read the answer and worked solution →A girl shed crocodile tears. How did she feel?Read the answer and worked solution →Nina "left no stone unturned" to find her lost pen. What did she do?Read the answer and worked solution →The loud noise got on Dev's nerves. How did Dev feel?Read the answer and worked solution →What makes "spill the beans" an idiom?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can an idiom not be translated word for word?Read the answer and worked solution →Meera said, "The test was a piece of cake." What does this mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Raj feels "under the weather". What does this mean?Read the answer and worked solution →An event happens "once in a blue moon". How often is that?Read the answer and worked solution →The toy "cost an arm and a leg". What does this tell us?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase is the natural way to say it: left high and dry, or left dry and high?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which meaning fits the proverb "A stitch in time saves nine"?

  1. Fix a small problem early
  2. Sew only on sunny days
  3. Count your stitches twice
  4. Wear clothes nine times
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Correct answer: A. Fix a small problem early

A small tear mended at once needs one stitch, while a big tear needs many, so early action saves work later.

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Ravi rushed his homework and made many mistakes. Which proverb suits him?

  1. Fortune favours the bold
  2. Ignorance is bliss
  3. Garbage in, garbage out
  4. Haste makes waste
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Correct answer: D. Haste makes waste

Doing work too fast led to errors, which is what Haste makes waste warns about.

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What does "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" teach us?

  1. Chickens lay many eggs every week
  2. Eggs must be kept very warm
  3. Hens should be counted each day
  4. Do not trust a thing before it happens
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Correct answer: D. Do not trust a thing before it happens

Eggs may not hatch, so you should not plan on something that has not happened yet.

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