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

Step 1: Analyze the question In "The POLICE arrested the suspect," the emphatic stress falls on "POLICE". Emphatic stress highlights the new or important information, which is the part that answers the question being asked.

Step 2: The concept The stressed word is the answer to the question. So we look for the question whose answer is "the police".

Step 3: Test each option

• A. Did the police placate the suspect? This would stress "placate" (the verb): "The police ARRESTED the suspect." Not a match.
• B. Who arrested the suspect? The answer is "The POLICE (arrested the suspect)." The stress falls on the subject. This matches.
• C. Who did the police arrest? The answer would be "The police arrested the SUSPECT." The stress would fall on "suspect". Not a match.
• D. Did the police arrest the suspect? This is a yes/no question, which would stress the verb or confirm the whole statement. Not a match.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is B.

Tip: For emphatic stress questions, ask yourself, "Which question would this capitalised word answer?" If the capitalised word is the subject, look for a "Who..." question. If it is the object, look for "Who/What did... [verb]?" If it is the verb, look for a question about the action.