In each of the following sentences, the word that resolves the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the options letters A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.
Daddy plays TENNIS on Saturday afternoons
A. Does mummy play tennis on Saturday afternoons? B. Does daddy play tennis on Sunday afternoons? C. Does daddy play tennis on Saturday morning? D. Does daddy play cricket on Saturday afternoon?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word in a phrase or sentence. In this case, the word wife is emphasized to correct a mistake that has been made in the question. To find the appropriate question to the response: Daddy plays TENNIS on Saturday afternoons, you have to find the question that has a word that is different from the emphasized word/ the word in capital letters. The correct question is:
