WAEC 2024 English Language · Question 130

Bisi's mother ENJOYS cooking.

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. Bisi's mother ENJOYS cooking.

A.Does Ayo's mother enjoy cooking?
B.Does Bisi's mother hate cooking?
C.Does Bisi's sister enjoy cooking?
D.Does Bisi's mother enjoy washing?

Answer: B. Does Bisi's mother hate cooking?

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyzing the question

This is an emphatic stress question. The word in capital letters (ENJOYS) carries the main stress. That stress tells you which piece of information is being stressed, usually to correct or contrast with something else.

The concept

Emphatic stress highlights the new or contrasting information in an answer. So the question that fits is the one where the idea expressed by the stressed word is the thing in doubt.

If ENJOYS is stressed, the answer is saying "she enjoys it (as opposed to hating it or disliking it)."
The question must therefore be about her attitude or feeling toward cooking.

Checking each option

A. Does Ayo's mother enjoy cooking? The doubt is about whose mother, so "BISI'S" would be stressed. ✗
B. Does Bisi's mother hate cooking? The doubt is about the feeling (hate vs. enjoy), so the answer stresses ENJOYS: "Bisi's mother ENJOYS cooking." ✓
C. Does Bisi's sister enjoy cooking? The doubt is about who, so "MOTHER" would be stressed. ✗
D. Does Bisi's mother enjoy washing? The doubt is about the activity, so "COOKING" would be stressed. ✗

Answer: The correct option is B.

Tip: Find the word in capitals, then ask, "What is being contrasted or corrected?" Pick the question that contains the opposite or alternative of the stressed word. Here the stressed ENJOYS contrasts with "hate."

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