WAEC - English Language (2020 - No. 130)
the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.
OUR Mathematics teacher has been transferred.
Has their Mathematics teacher been transferred?
Has our Physics teacher been transferred?
Has our Mathematics teacher been promoted?
Has our Mathematics supervisor been transferred?
Wyjaśnienie
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word in an utterance. This is done either for emphasis or clarification.In the given sentence, the word "our" is given emphatic stress because the speaker intends to correct an error made in the question asked.
Has their Mathematics teacher been transferred?
No. OUR Mathematics teacher has been transferred.