English 2023 Q42: In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given…

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In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates. The union congratulated the ELECTED president.

  1. Did the union congratulate the elected chairman?
  2. Did the union congratulate the ousted president? ✓
  3. Did the union reject the elected president?
  4. Did the management congratulate the elected president?
Explanation

Emphatic stress on ELECTED contrasts it with another kind of president. The sentence answers a question that names the opposite.

So it answers “Did the union congratulate the ousted president?” The speaker says it congratulated the elected one, not the ousted one.

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