Question

The dog let _______ a yowl of pain when accidentally stepped on its tail. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
A. out
B. off
C. up
D. through

Answer 1

Hint: Phrasal verbs are the phrases that indicated action. Phrasal verbs are combined with a verb or adverb, i.e; are compound verbs. Phrasal verbs are used in informal texts or spoken English.

Complete answer:
In phrasal verbs, verbs are combined with a preposition or adverb or both to give the sentence a new meaning. Phrasal verbs are used in informal language. For example, ‘have around’, ‘look after’, ‘put somebody off’.
In the given sentence ‘The dog let _______ a yowl of pain when accidentally stepped on its tail.’, along with the verb ‘let’ we will use the preposition ‘out’ that is option A.
Hence the complete sentence will be:
The dog let out a yowl of pain when accidentally stepped on its tail.

In this sentence the phrasal verb ‘let out’ refers to making a loud noise in the form of cry, scream, yell, howl, and so forth.
The above sentence ‘The dog let out a yowl of pain when accidentally stepped on its tail.’ means that the dog cried in pain as someone stepped on his tail.

 Hence, the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: We must know what phrasal verbs and verbs are?. We must state the difference between phrasal verbs and idioms. Idioms are combinations of words to form an expression whose meaning is different from its constituent words/parts. A phrasal verb is formed as verb + adverb/preposition, whereas, Idioms such as spilling the beans, one’s cup of tea change the complete meaning of the sentence that it’s actual words. In the idiom spilling the beans, it means to disclose a secret. Hence the meaning of words in phrasal verbs and idioms is different.