This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Implicature Exercises – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Implicature Exercises Quiz 4 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a speaker tells a lie, they break the Maxim of ..... A) Quantity. B) Manner. C) Quality. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quality. 2. Which of the following statements is an example of an indirect speech act? A) "She left at 5 PM.". B) "Can you pass the salt?" (meaning a request rather than a question). C) "I name this ship The Voyager. D) "I apologize for the mistake.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Can you pass the salt?" (meaning a request rather than a question). 3. Which maxim emphasizes avoiding vagueness and ambiguity in speech? A) Maxim of Manner. B) Maxim of Relation. C) Maxim of Quantity. D) Maxim of Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of Manner. 4. ..... make your conservational contribution as required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged. A) Tautologies. B) Hedges. C) Conversational implicature. D) The cooperative principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cooperative principle. 5. A:That fruit cake there looks appetizing.B:The dessert you brought is really mouthwatering. A) B's utterance may implicate that he/she disagrees with A. B) B's utterance may implicate that he/she agrees with A. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B's utterance may implicate that he/she agrees with A. 6. A:Will you come out with me tonight?B:I have to do homework. A) B's utterance may implicate that B likes do homework. B) B's utterance may implicate that B doesn't want to go out. C) B's utterance may implicate that B wants to go out so much. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B's utterance may implicate that B doesn't want to go out. 7. A student tells a teacher, "I didn't bring my homework because my dog ate it." What is this an example of? A) Direct Speech Act. B) Conventional Implicature. C) Conversational Implicature. D) Expressive Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conversational Implicature. 8. Guidelines for making a good conversation according to Grice A) Cooperative & maxims. B) Maxims. C) Cooperative principle. D) Conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperative & maxims. 9. A:Do you have the time?B:It's 9:30 at night, Greenwich Mean Time, 5 December 2023.=> B has flouted the maxim of ..... A) Manner. B) Quality. C) Quantity. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quantity. 10. Definition of Conversational implicature? A) Conversational implicature can be suspended or denied. B) People may draw somewhat different conversational implicature from a certain utterance. C) Conversational implicature promises to bridge "the gap. between what is literally said and what is conveyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conversational implicature promises to bridge "the gap. between what is literally said and what is conveyed. 11. What type of speech act is performed when someone says, "I promise to help you" ? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Conversational Implicature. D) Perlocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 12. When a teacher says, "Class dismissed, " what type of speech act is being performed? A) Declarative Speech Act. B) Perlocutionary Act. C) Expressive Speech Act. D) Indirect Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative Speech Act. 13. A:Have you bought iPhone 13 yet?B:I don't have money. A) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. B) Both a and c. C) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. 14. Linh: "Will you attend My's birthday tomorrow?" Chi: "I have an English lesson tomorrow." What does Chi imply for? A) Chi has an English lesson tomorrow and will attend My's birthday afterward. B) Chi prefers not to attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. C) Chi is uncertain about attending My's birthday due to the English lesson. D) Chi implies that she won't attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chi implies that she won't attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. 15. A:Shall we go to eat ice cream?B:It's cold but I like to eat ice cream. A) B's utterance may implicate that B will go to eat ice cream. B) B's utterance may implicate that B won't go to eat ice cream. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B's utterance may implicate that B will go to eat ice cream. 16. Which type of implicature relies on shared cultural or linguistic conventions? A) Semantic implicature. B) Conventional implicature. C) Pragmatic implicature. D) Conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conventional implicature. 17. The basis for cooperative communication is ..... A) Cooperative principles. B) Maxim. C) Quality. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim. 18. "Don't make your contribution more informative than is required" What maxim does this above rule belong to? A) Maxim of quality. B) D. Maxim of manner. C) Maxim of quantity. D) Maxim of relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxim of quantity. 19. Which of the following is NOT true about conversational implicatures? A) They can be cancelled or reinforced by further context. B) They are always explicitly stated by the speaker. C) They are implied meanings that goes beyond the explicit content of the utterance. D) They are based on the cooperative principle of conversation and the maxims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are always explicitly stated by the speaker. 20. Implicature refers to: A) The indirect meaning conveyed by an utterance. B) The grammatical structure of a sentence. C) The emotional tone of a conversation. D) The literal meaning of an utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The indirect meaning conveyed by an utterance. 21. What type of speech act involves the effect the statement has on the listener? A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Conventional Implicature. D) Perlocutionary Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perlocutionary Act. 22. A:Where are you off to?B:I was thinking of going out to get some of that funny white stuff for somebody.The conversation above violates the rule of the maxim of manner, why? A) Too much information. B) It's not relevant. C) Too little information. D) It's ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's ambiguous. 23. "As you probably know" is the hedge of A) Manner. B) Quantity. C) Quality. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantity. 24. When making a conversation, sometimes DEGREE OF CERTAINTY is included, why? A) To repeat the messages. B) To give a good example. C) To make a focus. D) To strengthen the message. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make a focus. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesImplicature Exercises Quiz 1Implicature Exercises Quiz 2Implicature Exercises Quiz 3Conversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills QuizMaxims Of Conversation QuizPoliteness And Face QuizPoliteness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books