In the sentence below, the word that recieves the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the…

Analyze the question This is an emphatic stress question. The word in capitals (TENANT) is the new or corrected information in the sentence. The right question is the one where "tenant" is the thing being contrasted or corrected. Every other part of the question should stay the same, and only the word that gets the stress should be different.

Concept Emphatic stress marks the word that answers or corrects the question. If someone asks, "Did the landlord refuse to eject the guest?", the natural reply is, "No, the landlord refused to eject the TENANT." The stress falls on "tenant" because it replaces "guest."

Step-by-step solution

• A. "Did the caretaker agree to eject the tenant?" The word that differs is caretaker, so the reply would stress LANDLORD. Wrong.
• B. "Did the landlord refuse to eject the tenant?" This repeats the sentence exactly, so nothing is being corrected. Wrong.
• C. "Did the landlord refuse to accept the tenant?" The word that differs is accept, so the reply would stress EJECT. Wrong.
• D. "Did the landlord refuse to eject the guest?" The word that differs is guest, and the reply corrects it to TENANT. Correct.

Answer: D

Exam tip Find the capitalized word in the statement, then look for the option that is identical to the sentence except for one word, which is the one the stress replaces. Here, that word is guest in place of tenant.