Choose from the options lettered A - E the question that is best answered by the statement containing the…

Analyze the question: This is an emphatic stress question. The word in capitals shows which part of the question the statement is answering. Here the stressed word is AND: "The speaker AND his deputy attended the ceremony."

Concept: When a word is stressed, the sentence is correcting or confirming exactly that word. Stressing "AND" means both people attended, not just one of them. So the sentence answers a question that raised the possibility of "either/or" (one or the other).

Step by step:

• A. Asks about the governor. The stress would fall on "speaker" (SPEAKER, not governor). ✘
• B. Asks about the boss. The stress would fall on "deputy". ✘
• C. Asks about the meeting. The stress would fall on "ceremony". ✘
• D. Asks about my deputy. The stress would fall on "his". ✘
• E. Asks "Did the speaker or his deputy attend the ceremony?" The reply "The speaker AND his deputy attended" corrects "or" to "and", which matches the stressed word. ✔

Answer: E

Tip: In stress questions, find the one word in the options that differs from the statement. Here the statement has "and" and only option E changes it to "or". The stressed word in the answer is the part that corrects or replaces the different word in the question.