Question

Choose the word or phrase which best completes the sentence:

It wasn't the first time they had been __________ how it worked.

• A. taught
• B. reported
• C. explained
• D. described

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

taught

Option A: 'Taught' means 'to give knowledge or or to int=struct someone'. It is relevant to the sentence in meaning. Hence option A is correct.

Option B: 'Reported' means 'to give a description of something or information about it to someone'.

Option C: 'Explained' means 'to make clear or easy to understand'.

Option D: 'Described' means 'to say or write what something or someone is like'.

'Reported' and 'described' are not relevant to the sentence in meaning. It forms an unclear statement.

'Explain' is relevant in meaning, but it does not suit the word order. 'They had been explained' should be followed by the word 'to', without which the sentence is incomplete.

Hence options B, C and D are wrong.