English LanguageEmphatic stress and intonationJAMB
The word in capitals carries the emphatic stress: 'Kemi travelled to Abuja on MONDAY.' Which question does the sentence answer?
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Answer: A. Did Kemi travel to Abuja on Friday?
Stress on MONDAY corrects the day, so it answers a question that gave a different day.
An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.