English Grammar, Vocabulary, and Idioms Quiz

Coffers refers to money or funds available to an organization, often used in political contexts. The idiom suggests politicians are enriching themselves financially by exploiting vulnerable populations. Galleries, treasures, and lockers don't carry this financial meaning.

Look after means to take care of or be responsible for someone's wellbeing. Look for means to search, look up means to find information, and look about is not a standard phrasal verb. The context requires caring for children.

On the cards means something is likely to happen or being planned. It's an idiom derived from card playing/fate telling. On the carpet means in trouble, on the call isn't standard, and on the bottle means addicted to alcohol. The context suggests probability.

Off the record means unofficially, not for publication or public disclosure. Off the mark means unsuccessful start, off the rails means out of control, and off the peg means ready-made. The context suggests confidential information about a transfer.

Had better is followed by the bare infinitive (without to). The structure had better + base verb expresses advice or warning. Had better to get and had to better get are grammatically incorrect, and had better got is the wrong verb form.

After prepositions, use the object case pronoun. By is a preposition, so him (object case) is correct. Himself would be redundant with alone, he is subject case, and his is possessive. The bulk of research was done by him alone.

Not until at the beginning of a sentence requires subject-auxiliary inversion (does it begin). This is a negative inversion structure for emphasis. It begins lacks the auxiliary, beginning is a fragment, and and begins doesn't create proper inversion.

Parallel structure requires matching the infinitive to answer accurately with a gerund phrase. Finishing quickly is the correct gerund phrase. Quick finish is a noun phrase, Finish quickly is an imperative, and You finish quickly is a complete clause.

Brings out means to reveal or highlight something clearly. The photo reveals or makes noticeable the differences between the two brothers. Brings about means to cause something to happen, brings in means to introduce or include, and brings up would mean to raise a topic or child (though option C is misspelled).

In the thick of means to be in the middle of an activity or deeply involved in something. They were in the middle of decorating the living room when guests unexpectedly arrived. Piling it thick on means exaggerating, thick and fast means rapidly or frequently, and thick on the ground means abundant or plentiful.

Conspicuous means easily seen or noticeable, standing out clearly. Janets red hair and height made her stand out visibly in the gathering. Glamorous means attractive in an exciting way, important means significant, and remarkable means worthy of attention but not necessarily visually noticeable.

Insecurity means lack of protection or safety, a state of being anxious or vulnerable. The criminals having superior weapons would make the police feel unsafe and vulnerable. Responsibility means duty, instability means lack of steadiness, and duty means obligation.

The simple present reads indicates a habitual action or general truth. He reads a book whenever he gets time as a regular habit. Has read suggests completion, has been reading emphasizes ongoing duration, and is reading describes current temporary action.

Your calling them is a gerund phrase correctly used as the object of appreciate. After appreciate, we use the -ing form. You to call them incorrectly uses infinitive, that you would call them and that you are calling them are unnecessarily wordy and structurally awkward.