Question

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence from the given alternatives. Indicate your option.
The teacher gives many examples to _ _ _ _ __ the idea contained in the poem.
A. bring about
B. bring in
C. bring forth
D. bring out

Answer 1

Hint:There are some elements in grammar that are the combinations of two or more parts of speech. These are phrasal verbs. They are made of a main verb and an adverb or a preposition. Some examples are break out, pull out, look down etc. Although, these verbs are made of similar verbs like bring, talk, pull but each has a separate meaning.
For example, in the sentences, “a fire broke out in the building” and “her parents broke up recently”, we can see that the main verb is the same, but the meaning of the sentences is different. This is because of the prepositions that accompany these main verbs.

Complete answer:
Now that we know what phrasal verbs mean and how they are different in meaning, let us move on to find the option which best completes the sentence, “The teacher gives many examples to _ _ _ _ the idea contained in the poem”.
The phrasal verb ‘bring about’ means that ‘to cause something to happen’. Here we can understand that the idea contained in the poem can’t be caused to happen in the examples. So, this option is not correct.
The verb ‘bring in’ means that ‘to include or to introduce’. The ideas are already there in the poem. So, it is not right to say that the examples would include the ideas in the poem. So, the option is incorrect.
The verb ‘bring forth’ means that ‘to give rise to, to introduce’. If we can see this in one sentence as “You can still bring forth any proposals which you consider necessary”. But the option ‘bring forth’ is ‘to take something in front’. This makes the option not correct as per the context of the question sentence.
The phrasal verb, “bring out” means that ‘to make apparent or to effectively develop’. It seems to be perfect for the question sentence as the examples given by the teachers are working to ‘bring out’ the idea contained in the poem. The fourth option is correct here.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D'.

Note: Sentences are formed by a few grammatical elements that bring out their basic meaning. These elements can be the subject, the object, the verb and the helping verbs. They form phrases and clauses which are essential parts of grammar. Prepositions combine together with verbs and form the phrasal verbs which are used to describe specific works and functions.