JAMB - English Language (2001 - No. 48)
The word in capital letters has an emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
My neighbour BRUISED his thigh while playing football.
Did your neighbour break his leg while playing tennis?
Did your neighbour fracture his thigh while playing football?
Was your neighbour involved in an accident ?
Did your neighbour play football yesterday?
Explanation
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word or syllable in a sentence or utterance. The rule is to select a question from the options that is similar to the sentence above except for the word in capital letters. Option B is the answer to this question because the sentence is the appropriate response to the question as it aims to clarify the misapprehension that the neighbour "fractured" his thigh while playing football.
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