This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Politeness Strategies Spoken English – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Politeness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 5 (6 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Face saving act is an direct speech act giving the impression that you have a social power over the other person. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The food here is absolutely inedible. A) Polite way of disagreeing opinion. B) Impolite way of giving an opinion. C) Polite way of giving opinion. D) Impolite way of disagreeing opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impolite way of giving an opinion. 3. If we need to borrow an eraser from our friend, we just need to take it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which linguists developed Face & Politeness Theory? A) Fairclough. B) Brown & Levinson. C) Giles. D) Grice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brown & Levinson. 5. Typically expressed via questions, even those that seem to ask for permission to ask a question. A) Positive politeness strategy. B) Positive face. C) Face wants. D) Negative politeness strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative politeness strategy. 6. Which is used to soften the demands? A) On record. B) Off record. C) Mitigating devices. D) Bald on record. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mitigating devices. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPoliteness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 1Politeness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 2Politeness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 3Politeness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 4Conversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills QuizImplicature Exercises QuizMaxims Of Conversation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books