The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates. I WATCHED the movie yesterday. Did you…

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The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates. I WATCHED the movie yesterday. Did you hear the movie yesterday?

  1. No, I watched it. ✓
  2. No, I saw it.
  3. I heard the soundtrack.
  4. The movie wasn’t great.
Explanation

The stress on WATCHED means the speaker did that action, and not another one such as hearing. The question asks whether the speaker heard the movie.

So the reply is “No, I watched it.” The stressed word shows what is being corrected.

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