CUET English - Complete the sentences in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (Sentences) | (Idioms) | | (A) I __________when they rang up out of the blue and offered me a job. | (I) was dead on my feet | | (B) After a whole day of sightseeing in London, I__________. | (II) was at the end of my tether | | (C) I __________when the children's mother arrived home. I would have lost my temper if it had been on my own any longer. | (III) was at a complete loss for words | | (D) I'll just have to __________ and hope no one sees I am upset. | (IV) put a brave face to it | Choose the correct answer from the options given below: | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2025 14 May Shift 2

Vocabulary

Medium

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

✅ Correct Option: 4

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29 May Shift 1

Fill in the blanks in List-I with the expressions from the text given in List-II on the basis of your understanding of the passage:

List-1	List-II
(Sentences)	(expressions)
(A) The news of my friend's tragic accident and left me at a loss of words.	(I) lesson in life
(B) During our reunion after 11 years, it was natural that our conversation range of diverse subjects.	(II) took for granted
(C) My visit to an orphanage in the neighborhood turned out to be a	(III) meandered through
(D) Mohan always all the efforts his mother made to give him a decent upbringing.	(IV) struck me like a thunderbolt.

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20 May Shift 2

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II:

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Idioms)
(A) We had to seek the intervention of his wife to ______ after he got into an altercation with the neighbours.	(I) chew the fat
(B) With so many apps launching every day, good mobile games have become ______. It's hard to find one that stands out.	(II) read the riot act
(C) After a long week at work, we planned to ______ with old friends and reminisce about good times over the weekend.	(III) pour oil on troubled waters
(D) The manager had to ______ to the team for their constant delay in submitting the reports warning them that it wouldn't be tolerated anymore.	(IV) a dime a dozen

16 May Shift 1

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II.

List-I	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meanings)
(A) beard the lion in his den	(I) to keep away poverty or hunger
(B) an axe to grind	(II) be badly frightened or surprised
(C) keep the wolf from the door	(III) to confront a dangerous person boldly and openly
(D) jump out of one's skin	(IV) have a personal or selfish reason for being involved in something

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CUET English 2025 14 May Shift 2 PYQs