WAEC 2024 English Language · Question 56

Ahmed greeted AKIN at the party.

Question

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A-D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer. Ahmed greeted AKIN at the party.

A.Did Ahmed ignore Akin at the party?
B.Did Peter greet Akin at the party?
C.Did Ahmed greet James at the party?
D.Did Ahmed greet Akin at the park?

Answer: C. Did Ahmed greet James at the party?

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question This is an emphatic stress question (Oral English). The word in capitals, AKIN, carries the stress. That word is the new or corrective information in the answer. So the question it answers must have gotten the person greeted wrong or be asking about that person.

The concept Emphatic stress highlights the part of the sentence that corrects or answers the specific point in the question. The rest of the sentence repeats information already known from the question.

The answer sentence is: Ahmed greeted AKIN at the party.

Check each option

A. Did Ahmed ignore Akin at the party? The point being questioned is the action (ignore vs. greet). The answer would stress GREETED, not Akin. ✗
B. Did Peter greet Akin at the party? The point being questioned is who did the greeting. The answer would stress AHMED. ✗
C. Did Ahmed greet James at the party? The question gets the person greeted wrong (James). The answer corrects it: "Ahmed greeted AKIN at the party." The stress falls on AKIN. ✓
D. Did Ahmed greet Akin at the park? The point being questioned is the place. The answer would stress PARTY. ✗

Answer: Option C. In this question, Ahmed, the greeting and the party are all correct. Only the person (James) is wrong, so AKIN is the word that gets the emphasis.

Exam tip: Find the word in the question that differs from the answer sentence. The stressed word in the answer replaces it. Here, James → AKIN.

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