WAEC - English Language (2021 - No. 127)
The word that receives the emphatic stress is in capital letters. From the questions lettered A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence relates.
All the EMPLOYEES rejected him.
Did all the employees reject him
Did some of the employees reject him?
Did all the employees accept him?
Did all the employers reject him?
Giải thích
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word or phrase in a sentence or utterance. For questions on emphatic stress, the rule is to select the option that has a word that contradicts the emphasised word/ word in capital letters. In this case, the answer is option D. because it has "employers" instead of "employees". This makes sense because the sentence is the appropriate response to the question as it clarifies a misapprehension in the question:
Did all the employers reject him?
No. All the employees rejected him.