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English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Emphatic Stress (in connected speech)

Jamb English Language (Use of English) Questions - Emphatic Stress (in connected speech)

Question 36:
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
My house is a BUNGALOW
  • A Is my house a terrace ?
  • B Was my house a bungalow?
  • C Is my house the bungalow?
  • D Is his house a bungalow?
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Question 37:
choose the option that best answers the question from the options lettered A-D

He travels every WEEKEND
  • A Does he sleep every weekend?
  • B Does he wash every week days?
  • C Does he travel every month?
  • D Does he travel every day?
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Question 38:
choose the option that best answers the question from the options lettered A-D

He SLAPPED the teacher.
  • A Did he greet the teacher?
  • B Did the teacher flog him?
  • C Did he slap the nurse?
  • D Did he praise the principal?
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Question 39:
choose the option that best answers the question from the options lettered A-D

The Parents Teachers Association promised to build a CAFETERIA.
  • A Does the alumni association promised to build a cafeteria?
  • B Does the school authority promised to build a library?
  • C Did the parents teachers association promise to build a library?
  • D Does the parents teachers association promised to demolish a cafeteria?
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Question 40:
choose the option with the correct emphatic stress indicated in capital letters from the options lettered A-D

Democracy
  • A DEmocracy
  • B DeMOcracy
  • C DemoCRAcy
  • D DemocraCY
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