English LanguageEmphatic stress and intonationWAEC
In the sentence below, the word in capitals carries the emphatic stress. Which question does the sentence answer? Tunde BORROWED the bicycle.
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Answer: A. Did Tunde buy the bicycle?
Stress on 'borrowed' contrasts the action with another, such as buying.
An AdmitMe practice question, written for the WAEC syllabus. Not an official past question.