Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.A good description INCLUDES specific nouns.

Analyze the question

This is an emphatic stress question. The word in capital letters (INCLUDES) carries the stress, and the stress shows which part of the sentence is being highlighted or contrasted. The question the sentence answers is the one that puts the doubt or contrast on that word.

Explain the concept

When a word is stressed, the sentence answers a question that questions that very word. Everything else in the sentence is treated as already known. So:

• Stress on INCLUDES means the speaker is correcting or confirming the action. Does a good description include or exclude specific nouns?
• Stress on nouns would relate to a question about verbs or other word types.
• Stress on specific would relate to a question about obscure or vague nouns.
• Stress on good would relate to a question about poor descriptions.

Step-by-step solution

1. The stressed word is INCLUDES, which is the verb or action.
2. The unstressed parts (a good description, specific nouns) are the shared, known information.
3. So the matching question must keep "a good description" and "specific nouns" unchanged and vary only the verb.
4. Check each option: • A: changes only the verb (include → exclude). This matches. • B: changes "nouns" to "verbs", so the focus would be on nouns. • C: changes "specific" to "obscure", so the focus would be on specific. • D: changes "good" to "poor", so the focus would be on good.

Answer: A

Exam tip

Find the capitalized word, then pick the option that changes only that word (or its opposite) while everything else stays the same. The option with a single changed word that lines up with the stressed word is almost always correct.