Basic Details
Word: Taught
Part of Speech: Verb (past tense of teach)
Meaning: To have given information or skills to someone so they can learn or understand.
Synonyms: Instructed, educated, trained
Antonyms: Untaught, uneducated
Idioms and Phrases
- Taught a lesson: To teach someone a valuable experience, often through difficulty. Example: "After forgetting his homework, his teacher taught him a lesson about being responsible."
- Learned by heart: To memorise something completely, often through teaching. Example: "The teacher taught the poem so well that we all learned it by heart."
Usage Examples
Example 1: She taught her younger brother how to ride a bicycle last summer.
Example 2: The teacher taught the students the importance of kindness during the lesson.
Example 3: My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child.
Fun Fact
The word "taught" is the past tense of "teach," which comes from the Old English word "tcan," meaning "to show or point out." This reflects the idea of teaching as guiding someone towards understanding.
Famous Quote
"What we learn with pleasure, we never forget." Alfred Mercier
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. What does "taught" mean?
a) To play
b) To learn
c) To give information or skills
d) To sing
Answer: c) To give information or skills
2. Which of these is a synonym of "taught"?
a) Played
b) Instructed
c) Walked
d) Jumped
Answer: b) Instructed
3. Which word is an antonym of "taught"?
a) Explained
b) Untaught
c) Showed
d) Learned
Answer: b) Untaught
4. Which sentence uses "taught" correctly?
a) The dog taught the boy to fetch.
b) She taught him how to swim last summer.
c) They taught in the garden.
d) He taught a funny story.
Answer: b) She taught him how to swim last summer.
5. Which idiom means to learn from an experience?
a) Taught a lesson
b) Learned by heart
c) Caught in a net
d) Better late than never
Answer: a) Taught a lesson
