Hello everyone, I hope you are all good. Welcome to the Phrasal Verb Series – Day 4! In Day 3 we finished the BREAK family. Today we take the BRING family — and this one has a trap the BREAK family did not. Five of these ten can be glossed as “cause” or “introduce”, so a student who memorises one-word synonyms ends up with five identical cards, and then SSC puts three of them in the options of the same question. What separates them is the kind of object each one takes, not the synonym. Read the story once, learn the meanings, then play the games and take the quiz.
🗺️ The Whole BRING Family at a Glance
Screenshot this one picture. If you can rebuild it from memory tomorrow, Day 4 is done.
📖 The Story — Arun Brings His Cousin Through
Arun had cleared the exam, and that one result brought about a change nobody in the family had expected. The uncle who used to call coaching a waste of money now sent his own daughter, Kavita, to Delhi.
Kavita had been brought up by her grandmother in a village near Rohtak, and she arrived with two bags and a great deal of fear. Her college had once brought out a small English magazine, and she had written for it; that was the whole of her confidence.
Arun looked at her timetable and brought down her study hours from twelve to six. “Twelve hours of guilt is not study,” he said. He also brought in one strict rule: no new book until the old one is finished.
She argued for a week. It took him that long to bring her round. Then, in the January mock, she brought off something nobody saw coming — 158, higher than Arun’s own first attempt.
The Delhi winter was not kind. A week of cold mornings on the terrace brought on a cough that would not go, and the commission brought forward the Tier-1 date by three weeks. Kavita panicked.
So Arun did the only thing he knew. He brought back the routine that had worked for him two winters ago: one topic, one test, one honest review, every single day. On result day her name was on the list.
🎞️ Six Verbs in Six Pictures
Look at the picture first, then say the sentence out loud before you read the caption.
📝 Today’s Phrasal Verbs — Meaning, Hindi & Examples
Hindi: किसी बदलाव का कारण बनना
🧠 Memory Trick: ABOUT = चारों ओर। एक कदम से चारों ओर का माहौल बदल गया — बड़ा, शांत बदलाव। याद रखो: about हमेशा बड़े और neutral बदलाव के साथ।
- Meaning: to cause something to happen, especially a change
The new land law brought about a quiet change in village incomes. • Only hard work can bring about real improvement.
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Hindi: पालन-पोषण करना / चर्चा में लाना
🧠 Memory Trick: UP = ऊपर उठाना। बच्चे को सालों तक ऊपर उठाना (पालना), या बात को सबके सामने उठाना। दोनों में कुछ छोटा बड़ा होकर सामने आता है।
- Meaning 1: to look after and educate a child until it is grown up
- Meaning 2: to mention a subject in conversation
- Meaning 3: to vomit (informal)
She was brought up by her grandmother in Rohtak. • Do not bring up that topic in front of guests.
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Hindi: प्रकाशित करना / किसी गुण को उभारना
🧠 Memory Trick: OUT = बाहर। जो अंदर छिपा था वह बाहर आया — किताब छपकर बाहर, या इंसान का गुण बाहर। Publisher और personality, दोनों के साथ चलता है।
- Meaning 1: to publish or release something to the public
- Meaning 2: to make a quality more noticeable
- Meaning 3: to produce a new product
The press will bring out a revised edition in July. • Pressure brings out the best in her.
publishreleaselaunchhighlight
Hindi: कम करना / गिरा देना
🧠 Memory Trick: DOWN = नीचे। कीमत नीचे, सरकार नीचे, विमान नीचे। जहाँ संख्या या सत्ता नीचे आए — वहीं down।
- Meaning 1: to reduce (prices, costs, temperature, inflation)
- Meaning 2: to cause a government or ruler to lose power
- Meaning 3: to make something fall from the sky
The order brought down the price of cooking gas. • The scandal brought down the government.
reducelowertoppleoverthrow
Hindi: लागू करना / आय देना
🧠 Memory Trick: IN = अंदर लाना। नया कानून व्यवस्था के अंदर लाया, या पैसा जेब के अंदर आया। संसद और कमाई — दोनों in।
- Meaning 1: to introduce a new law, rule or system
- Meaning 2: to earn or yield money
- Meaning 3: to call someone in to help (an expert, the police)
Parliament plans to bring in a data protection bill. • The shop brings in about forty thousand a month.
introduceimplementearnyield
Hindi: कठिन काम में सफल होना
🧠 Memory Trick: OFF = काम पूरा करके निकल जाना। जो मुश्किल था वह कर दिखाया! ध्यान दो — यह अकेला ऐसा है जिसका मतलब cause नहीं, succeed है।
- Meaning: to succeed in doing something difficult
Nobody expected him to bring off a win from last place. • She brought off the deal in a single meeting.
pull offaccomplishachievemanage
Hindi: अप्रिय चीज़ ले आना
🧠 Memory Trick: ON = ऊपर आ पड़ना। मुसीबत सिर पर आ गई — बुखार, सिरदर्द, परेशानी। अगर नतीजा दुख देता है, तो on।
- Meaning 1: to cause something unpleasant to start, especially an illness
- Meaning 2: to cause trouble for someone, often by their own fault
An hour in the rain brought on a bad fever. • His careless words brought on the whole quarrel.
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Hindi: पहले की तारीख पर लाना / प्रस्ताव रखना
🧠 Memory Trick: FORWARD = आगे सरकाना। तारीख कैलेंडर में आगे (यानी पहले) सरक गई, या प्रस्ताव मीटिंग में आगे रखा गया। Bring up बातचीत है, bring forward औपचारिक है।
- Meaning 1: to move an event to an earlier date or time
- Meaning 2: to put forward a proposal or suggestion for discussion
The meeting was brought forward to Monday. • He brought forward a motion on canal water.
advancereschedule earlierproposetable
Hindi: होश में लाना / मना लेना
🧠 Memory Trick: ROUND = घुमाकर वापस। बेहोश आदमी को घुमाकर होश में, या ज़िद्दी आदमी का मन घुमाकर अपनी तरफ़। मिनटों का काम — जबकि bring up सालों का।
- Meaning 1: to make someone conscious again after a faint
- Meaning 2: to persuade someone to change their opinion
- Meaning 3: to bring something along when visiting
Cold water brought the fainted passenger round. • It took an hour to bring father round to the idea.
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Hindi: वापस लाना / फिर से शुरू करना
🧠 Memory Trick: BACK = वापस। चीज़ वापस, या बंद हो चुकी परंपरा वापस। यादें भी back आती हैं।
- Meaning 1: to return something to its place or owner
- Meaning 2: to reintroduce something that existed before
- Meaning 3: to make someone remember something
Readers want the magazine to bring back its crossword. • That song brings back my hostel days.
returnrestorereintroducerecall
🧭 The Four Groups — Why the Particle Decides
BRING always means carry something towards a point. The particle tells you what kind of point it lands on, and all ten fall into four clean groups.
1. It lands on a result — about, on, off
Sort them by the kind of result. Bring about takes reform, revolution, improvement, a change of attitude. Bring on takes a fever, an attack, a quarrel, trouble — if the result hurts, it is on. Bring off takes a win, a deal, a rescue, and means you managed it.
2. It lands in public view — out, in, forward
Something private or unused becomes public or official. A press brings out a book, a parliament brings in a law, a member brings forward a proposal. All three take an institution as the subject. No institution in the sentence? These three are probably wrong.
3. It lands on a person — up, round, back
A person is carried along by someone else’s effort. The time scale gives it away: bring up is years, bring round is minutes, bring back is a return after an absence.
4. It lands lower — down
The only one with a literal direction left in it. Prices come down, governments come down. If the sentence has a number or a ruling party in it, test bring down first.
⚡ Quick Revision Table
| Phrasal Verb | Core Meaning | Hindi | One-line Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bring about | Cause a change to happen | बदलाव का कारण बनना | The law brought about real change. |
| Bring up | Raise a child / mention a topic | पालन-पोषण करना | She was brought up in Rohtak. |
| Bring out | Publish / reveal a quality | प्रकाशित करना | The press brought out a new edition. |
| Bring down | Reduce / topple | कम करना, गिराना | The order brought down prices. |
| Bring in | Introduce a law / earn money | लागू करना, आय देना | They brought in a new rule. |
| Bring off | Succeed at something hard | सफल होना | He brought off an unlikely win. |
| Bring on | Cause something unpleasant | अप्रिय चीज़ लाना | The rain brought on a fever. |
| Bring forward | Move earlier / propose | पहले करना, प्रस्ताव रखना | The meeting was brought forward. |
| Bring round | Revive / persuade | होश में लाना, मनाना | Water brought him round. |
| Bring back | Return / reintroduce | वापस लाना | Bring back the old column. |
🃏 Flashcards — Tap to Flip
Tap each card, say the meaning aloud, then check.
बदलाव का कारण बनना
पालन-पोषण करना
प्रकाशित करना
कम करना, गिराना
लागू करना, आय देना
सफल होना
अप्रिय चीज़ लाना
पहले करना, प्रस्ताव रखना
होश में लाना, मनाना
वापस लाना
🎮 Game Zone — Play Until It Sticks
Two quick games. Play them once now and once tomorrow — that’s the whole trick.
🎯 Practice Quiz — 10 Questions
1. The new tax reforms are expected to ________ a major change in rural incomes.
✅ bring about — a large, neutral change takes about. Bring on needs an unpleasant result.
2. After her parents moved abroad, she was ________ by her grandmother.
✅ brought up — raising a child over years. Passive, so the third form is used.
3. The publisher will ________ a revised edition of the grammar book next month.
✅ bring out — publishing something for the public. Bring in suits laws, not books.
4. After months of protest the government agreed to ________ the price of cooking gas.
✅ bring down — a number going lower — the only one with a literal direction left in it.
5. Parliament is likely to ________ a new bill on data protection this session.
✅ bring in — introducing a law or rule.
6. Nobody thought he could win from that position, but he somehow ________ it ________.
✅ brought … off — succeeding at something difficult. This is the one that does not mean “cause”.
7. Standing in the rain for an hour ________ a bad fever.
✅ brought on — the result hurts, and it happens to a body — so on, not about.
8. Since the minister had to travel on Tuesday, the meeting was ________ to Monday.
✅ brought forward — moved to an earlier date. Brought up would only mean it was mentioned.
9. The doctor used cold water to ________ the fainted passenger ________.
✅ bring … round — reviving someone within minutes. Bring up is the years-long one.
10. Many readers have written in asking the magazine to ________ its old crossword column.
✅ bring back — restarting something that had stopped.
✍️ Cloze Test — Fill in the Blanks
Type the correct phrasal verb (any tense) and press Check.
- Poor planning ________ a crisis that nobody had expected.
- My uncle was ________ in a small village near Hisar.
- The company hopes to ________ a new model before Diwali.
- The committee will ________ a proposal on canal water tomorrow.
- The nurse took ten minutes to ________ the unconscious man.
- A single photograph can ________ a hundred old memories.
🏠 Homework — Write It Once, Remember It Forever
Take your notebook and write one original sentence for each of these, using your own life:
- bring about
- bring up (a child)
- bring up (a topic)
- bring out
- bring down
- bring in
- bring off
- bring on
- bring forward
- bring round / bring back
Writing beats re-reading. Ten sentences today are worth two hours of passive revision.
📅 Your 3-Touch Revision Plan
Spaced repetition beats cramming. Tick each touch as you complete it:
🔗 Continue the Series
That’s Day 4 done. The whole BRING family is now in your pocket — and more importantly, you know why about, on and off are not interchangeable. Revise this page tomorrow morning for five minutes, then again after three days. When you want this drilled under a clock, the SSC Practice Center and the Smart Study Tools have timed English sets, and the SSC English Hub keeps every lesson in one place. See you in Day 5 with the CARRY family. Just focus more!! 💪