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Multiple choice softskills communication

Rome wasn't built in a day.

  1. To be in trouble.

  2. To act as if you were at home.

  3. It takes a long time to do an important job.

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This proverb means important work takes time and patience - you can't rush significant achievements. Option A misinterprets it as trouble, while Option B is completely unrelated to time and building.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Bank on something /someone

  1. something or someone you can be sure of.

  2. To cause alot of applause or laughter.

  3. Something that is ordinary or usual.

  4. To become very angry, go into a rage.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To 'bank on' means to rely or depend confidently on someone or something - like a bank is a sure thing. Option B confuses this with bringing down the house. Option C is about something ordinary, not reliable.

Multiple choice softskills communication

To knock one`s head against a brick wall

  1. Something that is ordinary or usual.

  2. To waste time trying to do something with little or no success.

  3. To be near to someone`s personal feelings, wishes or interests.

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This idiom means wasting effort on something futile - like physically hitting your head against a wall achieves nothing. Option A is about ordinary things, not frustrated efforts. Option C is about emotional closeness.

Multiple choice softskills communication

On the house

  1. Organize one`s own private affairs

  2. Something provided free by a business - especially in a bar or restaurant.

  3. To cause alot of applause or laughter.

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

On the house means free of charge, paid for by the business - like a restaurant giving free drinks. Option A is about organizing personal affairs. Option C confuses this with bringing down the house.

Multiple choice softskills communication

The elephant in the room.

  1. To experience a difficult situation.

  2. A problem or situation that everyone knows about but no one mentions.

  3. Someone who gives strong and reliable support

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The elephant in the room is an obvious problem that everyone avoids discussing - like a literal elephant everyone pretends not to see. Option A is just about difficulty, not avoidance. Option C is about support, not problems.

Multiple choice softskills communication

To go through the mill

  1. To become very angry, go into a rage.

  2. To experience a difficult situation.

  3. To be so bored that you become anxious and frustrated

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To go through the mill means to experience hardship or suffering - like grain being ground, it's a tough process that changes you. Option A is just anger. Option C is about boredom, not real suffering.

Multiple choice softskills communication

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

  1. To experience a difficult situation.

  2. Something that is ordinary or usual.

  3. Do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are.

  4. NA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This proverb means don't criticize others for faults you have yourself - like glass being fragile to stones. Option A is about experiencing difficulty. Option B is about ordinary things, not hypocrisy.

Multiple choice softskills communication
  1. The sun _______ in the East

  1. rising

  2. is to rise

  3. rises

  4. will rising
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Present simple tense is used for general truths and habits - the sun rising is a universal fact. Options A and D use incorrect verb forms. Option B is grammatically wrong.