The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
Your mother CAN cook the meal.
A
Who will cook the meal?
B
Can my father cook the meal?
C
Isn't my mother able to cook the meal?
D
What can my mother do?
Verified Correct Answer: C.
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word or phrase in an utterance for the sake of emphasis or clarification. For questions on emphatic stress, the goal is to look for the question that contradicts the stressed word or phrase in the utterance. The utterance, in this context, is trying to clarify that the mother "can" actually cook the meal. So, it should be the response to the question "Isn't your mother able to cook the meal?"
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12030)