This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of an expressive speech act? A) Did you see the game last night?. B) I apologize for my mistake. C) The meeting starts at 9 a.m. D) Please turn off the lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I apologize for my mistake. 2. SHS students of UST are excellent speakers. A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. 3. Perlocutionary act refers to the action done by the receiver upon hearing the speaker. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. What is the main function of an interrogative sentence? A) To give information. B) To express a strong emotion. C) To ask a question. D) To give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ask a question. 5. I will be starting exercising every morning. A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Directive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 6. Which speech act classification does "I promise to help you tomorrow" belong to? A) Assertive. B) Declarative. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commissive. 7. Which type of speech act is concerned with the literal meaning of an utterance? A) Locution. B) Illocution. C) Perlocution. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locution. 8. She says, "I am a little bit nervous." A) Direct. B) Indirect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. 9. What is the term for a direct relationship between the structure and its communicative function? A) Direct speech acts. B) Indirect speech acts. C) Politeness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech acts. 10. It is a type of utterance that may not have a particular meaning. A) Illocutionary Act. B) Propositional Act. C) Utterance Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Utterance Act. 11. "Please close the window" is an example of: A) Direct speech act-Expressive. B) Direct speech act-Directive. C) Indirect speech act-Assertive. D) Indirect speech act-Commitment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech act-Directive. 12. I will boil your teeth. A) Assertives. B) Commissives. C) Directives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissives. 13. "Leave me alone." A) Constative Utterance. B) Performative Utterance. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Performative Utterance. 14. ..... is any utterances which simply contain a meaningful statement about objects. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 15. I voted for Jokowi in the last election. That sentence is an example of ..... A) Expressive utterance. B) Assertive utterance. C) Performative utterance. D) Directive utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertive utterance. 16. In a formal meeting, the manager states, "I hereby declare this meeting open." What type of speech act is this? A) Illocutionary. B) Locutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Performative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performative. 17. A judge says in court: "The accused is hereby sentenced to 10 years in prison." Why is this considered an Illocutionary Act-Declarative? A) Because it requests obedience. B) Assertive-because it declares a fact. C) Commissive-because it is a promise for the future. D) Declarative-because it changes reality once spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative-because it changes reality once spoken. 18. Which type of speech act focuses on the effect on the listener, such as obeying or feeling influenced? A) Illocution. B) Locution. C) Assertive. D) Perlocution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perlocution. 19. "I do not accept late homework assignments."(said directly to principal during a staff meeting) A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) Assertive. E) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 20. What are speech acts used by speakers to commit themselves to some future action called? A) Commissives. B) Expressives. C) Declarations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissives. 21. I will never let you go. A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 22. Performative utterances can have used with 3rd person plural subjects. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 23. I declare this meeting adjourned. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Expressive utterance. B) Performative utterance. C) Directive utterance. D) Phatic utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Performative utterance. 24. "Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much" is: A) Maxim of relevance. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of manner. D) Maxim of quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim of quantity. 25. What type of presupposition that a speaker has when uttering "Are you still such a bad driver?" A) Existential presupposition. B) Non-factive presupposition. C) Factive presupposition. D) Lexical presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lexical presupposition. 26. What type of Speech Act is:'' You should not park in front of a driveway" A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Directives. D) Declaration. E) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 27. "Please, spend your money wisely!" this is an example of ..... act. A) Directive. B) Declarative. C) Assertive. D) Commissive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 28. How are illocutionary speech acts classified based on the speaker's intention? A) Three categories. B) Ten categories. C) No categories. D) Five categories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five categories. 29. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quantity: A) Uses words as a distraction by changing the topic that was irrelevant to persuade the hearer to find the implied meaning. B) Uses obscure or ambiguous language, e.g. to exclude someone. C) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. D) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. 30. When Agatha says "You must be tired after your long journey, " which type of speech act is she performing? A) Commissive. B) Representatives. C) Expressives. D) Directives. 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