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JAMB Use of English 2014 Question 98

Question 98

Emphatic Stress and Intonation

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates: My mother bought a BICYCLE yesterday.

  1. A.What did my mother buy yesterday?
  2. B.Whose mother bought a bicycle yesterday?
  3. C.Did my mother steal a bicycle yesterday?
  4. D.When did my mother buy a bicycle?
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (What did my mother buy yesterday?)

Explanation

Stressing BICYCLE answers 'what did she buy?'.