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This "stress" subject has always been hard for me. I hope you can help me, please!

This exercice is rather big, I managed to do most of it but I have some remaining doubts:

This is the exercise:
(...)which word should be stressed in order to elicit the answer:

1 - Did you say your leaving tonight?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the following answers:

answer1: I did not
answer2: No, my brother said that.


2 - Is he going to take that job?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: No, he's changed his mind.


3 - Are you seeing Michael this afternoon?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, most definitely.

4 - Is your son flying to Madrid?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, he is going tomorrow night.


Looking forward for your help!
thanks
 

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This "stress" subject has always been hard for me. I hope you can help me, please!

This exercice is rather big, I managed to do most of it but I have some remaining doubts:

This is the exercise:
(...)which word should be stressed in order to elicit the answer:

1 - Did you say your leaving tonight?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the following answers:

answer1: I did not
answer2: No, my brother said that.


2 - Is he going to take that job?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: No, he's changed his mind.


3 - Are you seeing Michael this afternoon?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, most definitely.

4 - Is your son flying to Madrid?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, he is going tomorrow night.


Looking forward for your help!
thanks
Youcould stress more than one word to obtain those answers in all of your examples.
 

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The only one that seems to have a clear answer is "Did YOU say you..." for the answer "No, my brother did."
 

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1 - Did you say you"re leaving tonight?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the following answers:

answer1: I did not
answer2: No, my brother said that.


2 - Is he going to take that job?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: No, he's changed his mind.


3 - Are you seeing Michael this afternoon?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, most definitely.

4 - Is your son flying to Madrid?

WHICH WORD from this question should I stress to produce the answer:

answer: Yes, he is going tomorrow night.
Those in purple are the ones I picked as most likely to be stressed.

:)
 
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