This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Conversation Analysis – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Conversation Analysis Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Situation:My friend suggests that I try the new salon at the mall. I say: ..... A) Okay, I heard it's great. B) Yes, I've been to the mall. C) The hairdresser is talented. D) Do you approve of my new hairstyle?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okay, I heard it's great. 2. In a conversation, if someone says 'How are you?', what is an appropriate response? A) I don't know. B) I'm fine, thank you. C) Why do you ask?. D) None of your business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm fine, thank you. 3. In "Do you want dessert?" - "I'm on a diet, " the implicature means: A) No, I don't want dessert. B) Yes, I want dessert. C) I'm hungry. D) I don't understand the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, I don't want dessert. 4. It is a two-part exchange in which the second utterance is functionally dependent on the first A) Adjacency Pair. B) Ethnomethodology. C) Turn-takings. D) Sequential Implicativeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjacency Pair. 5. I don't want you to beg because you are not ..... A) Leader. B) Driver. C) Beggar. D) Designer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beggar. 6. What is the definition of the verb 'establish'? A) To take part in; to play a role. B) To set up or lay the groundwork for. C) To direct one's attention on something. D) To determine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To set up or lay the groundwork for. 7. What country are you from? A) I am an American. B) I come from the United State. C) You are Japanese. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I come from the United State. 8. In a conversation, if someone says 'Thank you, ' what is an appropriate response? A) No problem. B) Why?. C) What for?. D) I don't care. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No problem. 9. Charles:Can I borrow your eraser?John: ..... A) Yes, here you are. B) Yes, please. C) No, here you are. D) No, thanks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, here you are. 10. A:Understood. Well, I think it's worth exploring. Let's plan out how we can start gathering informationB: ..... A:Wish you can get new idea soonest. A) No, I don't think it's worth exploring at all. B) I think we have to brainstorming right now. C) I'll keep you updated as I uncover new insights. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'll keep you updated as I uncover new insights. 11. Which of the following is a good question to ask to keep a conversation going? A) Do you have a pet?. B) What do you think about the recent news?. C) How old are you?. D) Do you like pizza?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What do you think about the recent news?. 12. "Oh yeah! She explains it at the beginning of the story." A) Helps the Collaborative Conversation. B) Distracts from the Collaborative Conversation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps the Collaborative Conversation. 13. A:What time do you have breakfast? B:I have breakfast at ..... A) 7 p.m. B) At midday. C) 7 a.m. D) 7 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 a.m. 14. Where is my apron? A) No. B) It's nice. C) My name is Juan. D) It's on the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's on the table. 15. To keep possession of A) Pontificate. B) Cue. C) Retain. D) Equate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retain. 16. Which of the statements are TRUE A) Interruption is one of the turn-taking strategies. B) There are 4 structures in conversation. C) Adjacency pairs include tag questions. D) The concept of face is related to the Politeness Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The concept of face is related to the Politeness Principle. 17. What is Leo's opinion about homework? A) He feels it is too time-consuming. B) He believes it helps him check his knowledge. C) He thinks it's unnecessary. D) He thinks it should be optional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He believes it helps him check his knowledge. 18. What does she mean about rule number ten? A) Don't ramble, or just keep on talking . B) Conversations are like clothes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't ramble, or just keep on talking . 19. The principle of conversation involves taking turns at speaking, answer questions, mark the beginning and end of a conversation, and make corrections when they are needed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. A beauty advisor is trying to persuade a customer to buy some skin cream. She says: ..... A) Whatever will be will be. B) Look ten years younger. C) Let bygones be bygones. D) Don't fight a losing battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look ten years younger. 21. Why do you think Conversation Hearts messages are updated each year? A) People get bored with the same sayings. B) Kids beg for different sayings. C) It's the state law. D) Popular phrases change every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Popular phrases change every year. 22. You want somebody to take a photo for you. What should you say A) Can I take a photo for you?. B) Would you mind if I take your photo?. C) Would you like me to take a photo for you?. D) Can you take a photo for me?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can you take a photo for me?. 23. According to Schiffrin (1987, 2001) and Fraser (1990, 1999 ), Discourse markers are items in spoken discourse that act as signposts of discourse coherence A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 24. What is the aim of Conversation Analysis? A) To analyze written and spoken texts. B) To analyze and develop conversation skills. C) To study the fluency and non-verbal actions in conversation. D) To discover how participants understand and respond to one another in their turns at talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To discover how participants understand and respond to one another in their turns at talk. 25. What are adjacency pairs in conversation analysis? A) Pairs of words that are similar in meaning. B) Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning. C) Pairs of utterances that are unrelated. D) Pairs of utterances that are related and follow each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pairs of utterances that are related and follow each other. 26. Your friend fails the exam, then you walk toward him and say, ..... A) Get lost!. B) Come on!. C) Don't be shy!. D) Poor man!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come on!. 27. I ..... motorcycle to the office. A) Takes. B) Take. C) Took. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 28. A secretary is on the phone and wants to know the caller's name so she asks politely: ..... , please? A) Who do you want to call. B) Who are you. C) Who is saying that. D) Who's calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who's calling. 29. "I have a dentist ..... tomorrow at four. Is it ok if I leave early tomorrow?" A) Surgery. B) Checking. C) Appointment. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appointment. 30. What is an appropriate response if someone shares a personal story with you during a conversation? A) Change the subject to something more interesting. B) Share a similar story from your own life to relate. C) Ignore the story and talk about yourself. D) Criticize their story to show your honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Share a similar story from your own life to relate. 31. Caller:This is Jim Smith. Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?Secretary:I'm afraid he's just gone out.Caller:Can I leave a message, please?Secretary: ..... A) Sure. B) So long. C) Next time, please. D) No, never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sure. 32. Which of the following adjectives did Mr Waite use to describe by sisters personality? A) Hasslich. B) Komisch. C) Freundlich. D) Dramatisch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freundlich. 33. How do you say "money" in French? A) La monnaie. B) L'argent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) L'argent. 34. Which phrase shows an Ablative of place in which? A) Cotitdie obtinere. B) Properavit huc et eo. C) Statim picturam suam. D) In stagno claro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In stagno claro. 35. When someone else is speaking, you should: A) Talk over them. B) Raise your hand while they are talking. C) Focus your eyes on them and quiet your bodies. D) Play with your shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus your eyes on them and quiet your bodies. 36. Salesman:Can I help you?A woman: ..... I'd like to see a nice tiefor my boss. A) Yes, please. B) I can take care myself. C) I don't think so. D) No, thanks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, please. 37. Which type of repair involves the speaker of the problematic utterance both identifying and resolving the issue? A) Other-initiated self repair. B) Self-initiated self repair. C) Self-initiated other repair. D) Other-initiated other repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-initiated self repair. 38. What is the function of the word 'Hearts' in the term 'Conversation Hearts'? A) Predicate. B) Subject. C) Object. D) Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object. 39. Where did Ana meet John? A) At a restaurant. B) At the park. C) At a party. D) At the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the park. 40. What does the this question I asked Miss Barry mean?Wie ist deine Familie? A) Do you have a family?. B) Do you like you family?. C) Do you want a family?. D) What is your family like?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is your family like?. 41. Anya:Dodit:There are five people in my family. My dad, my mom, two of my brothers and I. How about you?Anya:Well, there are only three people in my family. There are only parents and I. A) How much money do you have?. B) How many families do you have?. C) How many brothers do you have?. D) How many members are there in your family?. E) Do you know how many families are there in our neighborhood?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How many members are there in your family?. 42. What is your best subject? A) I am 7 year old. B) I love you. C) My best English subject. D) I live in Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My best English subject. 43. Situation:At home. Mother: ..... ? Suda:Here you are. A) May I come in. B) May I help you. C) Give me some eggs, please. D) Let's eat some cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give me some eggs, please. 44. What can you say if you didn't understand someone because they spoke too fast? A) Could you write that down?. B) Can you use different words?. C) Can you speak louder?. D) Could you say that again a little more slowly?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could you say that again a little more slowly?. 45. Q: ..... ?A:I will go to bookstore A) Where do you go?. B) Where do you buy a book?. C) Where is your house?. D) Why do you go to bookstore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where do you go?. 46. Which month has the least number of days? A) January. B) April. C) March. D) February. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) February. 47. A:What do you usually do on weekends?B: ..... A) Working all day long. B) Send email and stuff. C) Spend it with my wife and kids. D) Meeting with my supervisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spend it with my wife and kids. 48. Do your parents let you stay out late? A) Yes, we do, We stay out late. B) No, they do let me. C) No, they always ask me to get home before 10 pm. D) Yes, they stay out late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, they always ask me to get home before 10 pm. 49. My elder brother drives very well. He is a good ..... A) Rider. B) Driver. C) Reader. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driver. 50. Q: ..... A:we rarely join fishing A) How often do we join fishing?. B) How often does she join fishing?. C) How often do they join fishing. D) How often does she join fishing?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How often do we join fishing?. 51. A: ..... ?B:I was born on 25$^{th}$ December 1969. A) Where is your birthday. B) When is your birthday. C) Whose birthday is it. D) What is your birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When is your birthday. 52. Sukjai:The music is too loud. Could you ..... the volume, please? A) Turn off. B) Turn out. C) Turn on. D) Turn down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn down. 53. Alif: "It is very hot here this afternoon ..... " Budi:"Yes, Alif" . A) Close the door, please!" . B) Close the window, please!" . C) "Lock the door, please!" . D) Open the window, please!" . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open the window, please!" . 54. Is Anna in favor of or against it? A) In favor of it. B) Against it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against it. 55. Answer your calls after five or six rings A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Q: ..... ?A:He always buys a novel A) How often does he buy a novel?. B) How often does she buy a novel?. C) How often do you buy a novel?. D) How often does they buy a novel?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How often does he buy a novel?. 57. If someone is speaking and you have something to share, you should: A) Raise your hand after they have finished and wait to be called on. B) Tell it to your neighbor. C) Blurt it out. D) Put your hand up and start speaking immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raise your hand after they have finished and wait to be called on. 58. Situation:Cathy had a great vacation. She went to the beach and had herself sun-tanned. Leo:How was your vacation, Cathy? Cathy: ..... 1 ..... I had a wonderful time on the beach! Leo:No wonder you're so dark! Cathy:Yeah. I had a lot of time to work on my tan. A) 2. I thought it was good!. B) 1. Not so bad, it was OK. C) 4. It was beautiful. D) 3. Oh, it was great!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. Oh, it was great!. 59. What is a polite way to disagree with someone in a conversation? A) You're wrong!. B) That's nonsense!. C) I see your point, but I have a different perspective. D) I don't care what you think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I see your point, but I have a different perspective. 60. What does she mean about rule number six? A) Tell people when something similar has happened to you. For example, if someone tells you about a wonderful experience they had, tell them about a wonderful experience that you had. B) If someone tells you about a wonderful experience they had, ask them open-ended questions about it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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