The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates. Uche LOVES Toyota cars?

Step 1: Analyze the question The question tests emphatic (contrastive) stress. The capitalized word is the one the speaker wants to highlight, and it points to the question or statement the sentence responds to.

Step 2: Explain the concept When a word in a sentence is stressed, it contrasts with an alternative that could have been expected:

• UCHE loves Toyota cars → Uche, not someone else (Who loves Toyota cars?)
• Uche loves TOYOTA cars → Toyota, not another brand (What brand does Uche love?)
• Uche LOVES Toyota cars → "loves", not some other feeling or attitude, such as hate or dislike.

Step 3: Apply it to the sentence The stress is on LOVES, the verb. The speaker is emphasizing the attitude or feeling Uche has toward Toyota cars. The natural contrast is with the opposite feeling, hate.

Checking the options:

• A. "Who loves Toyota cars?" → this would stress UCHE. ✗
• B. "What brand of car does Uche love?" → this would stress TOYOTA. ✗
• C. "Does Uche hate Toyota cars?" → this questions Uche's attitude (love vs hate), so it matches stress on LOVES. ✓
• D. "Does Uche love bicycles?" → this would stress CARS. ✗

Step 4: Answer The correct option is C.

Tip: Ask yourself, "What is the stressed word being contrasted with?" Then find the option that questions exactly that part of the sentence:

• Stress on the subject → "Who...?"
• Stress on the verb → a question about the action or feeling
• Stress on the object → "What...?"