The FRENCH village is located in Badagry.

This is a WASSCE "emphasis/stress" question. The capitalised word, FRENCH, shows which word is being stressed. In these questions, the stressed word is the one the speaker wants to contrast or correct, so you need to find the question that targets that word.

Step 1: Analyse the question "The FRENCH village is located in Badagry." The emphasis on FRENCH implies a contrast with some other kind of village, such as German, English or Spanish. The speaker is stressing that it is the French village, not another one.

Step 2: Find the question this sentence answers The sentence would be a natural reply to a question that wrongly names a different nationality, for example: "Is the German village located in Badagry?" → "No, the FRENCH village is located in Badagry."

Step 3: Check each option

• A. Is the German village located in Badagry? The word that differs is "German", and the sentence corrects it with FRENCH. This fits.
• B. Is the French embassy located in Badagry? This would be answered by stressing "village", not FRENCH, so it does not fit.
• C. Is the French village located in Ikoyi? This would be answered by stressing "Badagry", so it does not fit.
• D. Was the French village located in Badagry? This would be answered by stressing the tense ("is"), so it does not fit.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is A, because the stress on FRENCH corrects the wrong nationality "German" in the question.

Exam tip: In emphasis questions, ask yourself, "Which word in the options is different from the sentence?" The capitalised word in the statement is the corrected version of that differing word. Options that change a different word (embassy, Ikoyi, tense) point to a different stressed word.