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 capitalised word, REBUKED, carries the stress, so it is the new or corrected information. The sentence is the answer to a question that got that one detail wrong. Every other part of the question matches the sentence exactly.

Concept

Emphatic stress is used to correct or contrast. If someone asks "Did the principal COMMEND the teachers for lateness?", the reply "The principal REBUKED the teachers for lateness" stresses rebuked because it replaces the wrong word commend.

Step-by-step solution

The sentence is: The principal REBUKED the teachers for lateness.

Compare each option with it:

• A. "governor" is wrong. The correction would stress principal, not rebuked.
• B. "commend" is wrong. The correction stresses rebuked, which matches the sentence.
• C. "students" is wrong. The correction would stress teachers.
• D. "negligience" is wrong. The correction would stress lateness.

Only option B has the verb as the wrong detail. Options A, C and D have the verb rebuke correct and an error somewhere else.

Answer: B

Tip: Find the capitalised word in the sentence, then look for the option where that word is the only one that differs. That option is the question the sentence is correcting.