English 2023 Q166: In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the…
Source: JAMB · 2023
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. The cat DEVOURED the rat.
Explanation
Capital letters show emphatic stress. The stress on DEVOURED stresses the action itself, which is eating greedily.
A natural matching question tests a different action: Did the cat pet the rat? The answer is no, it devoured the rat.
“Did the rat devour the cat?” would put the stress on the roles of cat and rat instead.
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