English 2023 Q165: In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the…

Question

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the options lettered A to D, choose the one which the sentence is the appropriate answer. She WORKS at the hospital.

Answer 1

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the options lettered A to D, choose the one which the sentence is the appropriate answer. She WORKS at the hospital.

Who works at the hospital?
Where does she work?
What does she do at the hospital? ✓
Does she work at the hospital?

Explanation

In “She WORKS at the hospital”, the stress falls on the verb works. The speaker is giving new information about what she does there.

So the sentence answers What does she do at the hospital?

“Who works at the hospital?” would put the stress on She, and “Where does she work?” would put it on hospital.

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