JAMB - English Language (2025 - No. 254)
For this question, the words in capital letters have emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
They came with me to the MEETING.
Did they come to a meeting with me?
Did they arrive with me to the meeting?
Did they come with me to the party?
Who came with me to the meeting?
Explanation
In emphatic stress questions, the sentence provided is the answer to a specific question. The stressed word (MEETING) is the "new" or "correcting" information. To emphasise "MEETING," the speaker must be correcting a different location mentioned in the question. Therefore, the question must have suggested a different place, like a party.
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