This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the effect of a perlocutionary act based on? A) The literal meaning of the statement. B) The audience's response. C) The speaker's intention. D) The context of the utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The context of the utterance. 2. The performative hypothesis includes explicit performatives, implicit performatives and primary performatives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What is the illocutionary act in the statement "It's quite hot in here" as per the example? A) Turning on the air conditioner. B) The speaker's intention to alleviate the heat. C) The listener's reaction to the statement. D) The literal meaning of the words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker's intention to alleviate the heat. 4. What is an example of an expressive act? A) I will help you. B) You are hired!. C) Thank you. D) Can you pass the salt?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thank you. 5. I feel sad about your break-up with your boyfriend. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 6. Different sentence types can be used as the same basic function. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which face does not want to be imposed upon by others? A) Positive face. B) Negative face. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative face. 8. James is the best student in our class. A) Declaration. B) Directive. C) Assertive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertive. 9. What is the illocutionary force of the utterance: "Wow, your dress is so beautiful!" ? A) The speaker is using an affirmative sentence. B) The speaker is paying a compliment on the listener's dress. C) The listener is happy with the compliment. D) The listener is furious at the sarcastic comment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is paying a compliment on the listener's dress. 10. Choose the correct type of speech act for each sentence. 2. "Did John read the book?" A) Question. B) Assertion. C) Warning. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question. 11. Find the performative verbs in the dialogue.Him:Can I talk to Marry?Her:No, She's not here.Him:I am asking you-Can I talk to her?Her:And I am telling you-SHE IS NOT HERE! A) Talk. B) Asking-telling. C) Talk-asking-telling. D) Not all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asking-telling. 12. What type of speech acts change the world via an utterance? A) Declarations. B) Representatives. C) Expressives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarations. 13. In an indirect speech act which utterance element demonstrates a different meaning? A) The form. B) Function. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Function. 14. It is a type of utterance that refers to something. A) Propositional Act. B) Utterance Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propositional Act. 15. After the break up, Diego told Yvonne this: "You will never found someone as great as me." A) Directive. B) Assertive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertive. 16. "It's cold outside" used as a request to close the window is: A) A direct speech act. B) An indirect speech act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An indirect speech act. 17. Submit those documents on time. A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Representative. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 18. Which intensifying item confers exclamative force on a declarative? A) Such. B) So. C) Terribly. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Waitress says to her colleague: "It's going to rain" A) Representative. B) Commisive. C) Rogative. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 20. What type of speech is Elena performing when she says " I am happy to be in London also I am a little sad." ? A) Direct Speech Act. B) Indirect Speech Act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech Act. 21. "You should be here 30 minutes earlier tomorrow." A) Declaration. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Directive. 22. WHAT TYPE OF ILLOCUTION IS BEING SHOWN?"I regret telling you that." A) Assertives. B) Expressives. C) Declarations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressives. 23. A perlocutionary act refers to which one of the following? A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. C) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. 24. Identify the exclamative sentence: A) What a fantastic performance!. B) He passed his driving test. C) Is she coming to the party?. D) The store closes at 9 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What a fantastic performance!. 25. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quality: A) Uses words as a distraction by changing the topic that was irrelevant to persuade the hearer to find the implied meaning. B) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. C) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. D) Uses obscure or ambiguous language, e.g. to exclude someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. 26. What type of Speech Act is:'' I promise to be there promptly" A) Declaration. B) Directives. C) Commisives. D) Expressive. E) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commisives. 27. Speech acts can be analyzed based on ..... A) Only locutionary force. B) Only illocutionary force. C) Both locutionary and illocutionary force. D) Neither locutionary nor illocutionary force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both locutionary and illocutionary force. 28. Choose the correct answerThe type of presupposition that a speaker has when uttering: "Professor Huang was glad that he had solved one of evolution's great mysteries" is A) Non-factive presupposition. B) Existential presupposition. C) Factive presupposition. D) Structural presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factive presupposition. 29. During a casual conversation, Emma says, "You could at least try to be on time." What type of speech act is she using? A) Locutionary. B) Performative. C) Illocutionary. D) Perlocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary. 30. Why don't we use performatives all the time? A) Not all verbs are potentially performative. B) They are less efficient than other clause types. C) They can only be used in certain contexts. D) They are considered impolite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not all verbs are potentially performative. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSpeech Acts Quiz 1Speech Acts Quiz 2Speech Acts Quiz 3Speech Acts Quiz 4Speech Acts Quiz 5Speech Acts Quiz 6Speech Acts Quiz 7Speech Acts Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books