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

Analyze the question

This is an emphatic stress question. The capitalized word, GET, is the new or contrasting information in the answer. The question that fits is the one where "get" is the element being doubted or replaced, so the sentence corrects or confirms that one word.

Explain the concept

Emphatic stress falls on the word that answers the point of the question. The rest of the sentence repeats what was already said. So the correct question is the one that differs from the answer only at the stressed word.

Compare each option with the answer

Answer: My father will GET home at 5 o'clock.

• A. Will your father get home at 5 o'clock? The difference is "your" and "my". That is just a change of speaker, so the stress would not fall on "get".
• B. Will my father leave home at 5 o'clock? The only difference is "leave" and "get". The answer stresses GET to correct this, as in "No, he will GET home at 5, not leave."
• C. Will my father get here at 5 o'clock? The difference is "here" and "home". The stress would fall on HOME.
• D. Will my mother get home at 5 o'clock? The difference is "mother" and "father". The stress would fall on FATHER.

Answer

Only option B makes the verb the point of contrast, so the stress on GET is appropriate. The correct option is B.

Tip

In emphatic stress questions, find the one word that differs between the question and the answer. The stressed word in the answer must match that difference. If the stress is on a verb, look for the option where only the verb has changed.