Stephen SELDOM goes to the house.

Analyze the question

The sentence is "Stephen SELDOM goes to the house." The capitalised word SELDOM signals emphasis, so the question it answers must be about how often Stephen goes to the house. The answer corrects or contrasts with a wrong assumption in the question.

Concept

In these "appropriate question" items, the stressed word in the answer is the part that differs from the question. The rest of the sentence (Stephen, goes to, the house) stays the same as in the question. So the correct question will:

• Keep the same subject (Stephen)
• Keep the same action and place (goes to the house)
• Use a different frequency word from "seldom"

Step-by-step check

• A. Does James seldom go the house? The subject is wrong (James, not Stephen), and "go the house" is missing "to". Wrong.
• B. Does Stephen seldom go to the school? The place is wrong (school, not house), and "seldom" is not contrasted. Wrong.
• C. Does Stephen often go to the house? The subject, action and place all match. Only the frequency differs ("often"), and the answer corrects it with "SELDOM". Correct.
• D. Does Stephen seldom leave the house? The action is wrong (leave, not go to). Wrong.

Answer

The correct option is C. The emphasised "SELDOM" answers a question that assumed he goes there "often."

Tip

When a word is in capitals, find the option that changes only that idea and keeps everything else identical. Eliminate options that change the subject, verb or place.