English 2023 Q121: In each of the following sentences, the word that resolves the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the…
In each of the following sentences, the word that resolves the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the options letters A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer:
Uncle Ben boght Ngozi a new COMPUTER.
The emphasis on COMPUTER shows that the item is the new information. The question it answers asks about a different item, with everything else unchanged.
“Did uncle Ben buy Ngozi new stereo set?” changes only the item (a stereo set instead of a computer), so the reply “a new COMPUTER” fits. The other options change the person, the verb or the condition of the computer, which are not stressed.
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