In the following sentence, the word in capital letters has the EMPHATIC STRESS. Choose the question to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer:
FATIMA bought the fresh apples in Abuja on Friday.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Did Zainab buy the fresh apples in Abuja on Friday?
- Step 1: When emphatic stress is placed on 'FATIMA', the sentence emphasizes the subject who performed the action. Step 2. It appropriately answers a question challenging whether someone else (such as Zainab) bought the apples. Answer: Did Zainab buy the fresh apples in Abuja on Friday? Why not the others: The other questions challenge the verb (sell), the object (green oranges), or the location (Kaduna).
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