The woman wants MY car. — 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, MY, carries the main stress, and that stress marks the new or contrasting information in the answer. The question that fits is the one where the possessor of the car is the point being corrected or questioned.

Concept

The stressed word in a reply points to the part of the earlier question that is being corrected or confirmed. Everything else in the sentence is already known from the question.

Step-by-step solution

Sentence: The woman wants MY car.

Stress is on "my", so the point of focus is whose car it is. The question that matches must differ in the owner of the car. Check each option:

• A. Does the woman want my radio? The difference is the object (radio vs car). The stress would fall on "car", so this does not fit.
• B. Does the man want my car? The difference is the person (man vs woman). The stress would fall on "woman", so this does not fit.
• C. Does the woman want his car? The difference is the owner (his vs my). The reply corrects it with "MY car", so this fits.
• D. Does the woman need my car? The difference is the verb (need vs want). The stress would fall on "wants", so this does not fit.

**Answer: C.

Tip

To solve these questions, find the capitalized word in the answer. Then look for the option that differs from the answer only in that word's position. The stressed word is where the question and the answer disagree.