The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given stress relates. We WALKED to the school.

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Use of English - 2024 Subject: English Language

Question 1 Report

The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given stress relates. 

We WALKED to the school. 

Answer Details

In this sentence, the word **WALKED** is given the emphatic stress. This means that the emphasis is on the action of walking rather than any other possibility. In the options provided, the purpose of the question is to confirm or deny the action of walking.


The most relevant option to which the emphatic stress relates is: **Did we run to the school?**


Here's the explanation:


  • Since the emphasis is on **WALKED**, the question's focus must contrast with this action. In the sentence provided in the question, the action of **walking** is stressed. So if you are emphasizing that you **walked**, you are implicitly denying another similar action, such as **running**.
  • The question **Did we run to the school?** is directly related because it contrasts the action of walking with running.
  • Therefore, the emphatic stress on **WALKED** answers the question by implying: "No, we did not run; we **walked**."

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