This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I hereby declare this meeting adjourned." A) Declaration. B) Assertive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declaration. 2. When Laura asks, "Isn't it obvious that we need to change our strategy?" what is she using? A) A performative statement. B) A constative statement. C) A rhetorical question. D) A direct question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rhetorical question. 3. Perlocutionary act highlights the intention of the speaker. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 4. Based on the scenario in item number 3, what will your next action be? A) I will continue playing with my sibling. B) I will agree with her and say that the room is dirty. C) I will stop playing with my sibling and will clean the room. D) I will ignore my mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I will stop playing with my sibling and will clean the room. 5. Which of the following is NOT a function of an Assertive speech act? A) States facts. B) Shares opinions. C) Requests help. D) Expresses a belief or claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requests help. 6. UNDER SEARLE'S SPEECH ACTthey commit the speaker to something being the case A) Expressives. B) Commisives. C) Assertives. D) Declaratives. E) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertives. 7. When Elena responds "to study English" to Agatha's question about the purpose of language school, which type of speech act is she performing? A) Commissive. B) Representatives. C) Expressives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representatives. 8. In the given dialogue, when Agatha introduces Elena to Victor "This is Elena" , which type of speech act is she performing? 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. 9. "I'm really excited about our upcoming vacation." A) Directive. B) Declaration. C) Commissive. D) Assertive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Expressive. 10. "I will miss you a lot" this is an example of ..... act. A) Expressive. B) Commissive. C) Declarative. D) Directive. E) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 11. What kind of utterance that is neither true nor false but its purpose is to make a part of the word conform to what is said? A) Verdictive utterance. B) Assertive utterance. C) Phatic utterance. D) Performative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performative utterance. 12. B. Identify the illocutionary act (intention) in each item.4. Kindly bring that glass of water to me. A) Directive. B) Assertive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 13. A rhetorical question is a ..... A) Command intended to be a genuine request for information. B) Apelative sentence intended to be an ingenuine answer. C) Request intended to be genuine information. D) Interrogative sentence but is not intended to be a genuine request for information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative sentence but is not intended to be a genuine request for information. 14. What is unique about the declarative among clause types? A) It can ask a question. B) It can make an exclamation. C) It can carry out certain acts by naming them. D) It can give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can carry out certain acts by naming them. 15. What do you call the utterances that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect? A) Speech Style. B) Speech Context. C) Speech Act. D) Speech variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech Act. 16. A perlocutionary speech act happens when what the speaker says has an effect on the listener. Identify which of the following is a perlocutionary speech act. A) "There's an earthquake!". B) "Are you crazy?". C) "Don't do that!". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "There's an earthquake!". 17. "The book is on the table" is an example of: A) Locutionary. B) Perlocutionary. C) Directive. D) Illocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 18. Which speech-act category does the second speaker's utterance belong to?Ed:You look lovely today in your new dress.Faye:Thank you for your nice compliment. A) Expressives. B) Commissives. C) Representatives. D) Declaratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 19. Is done through the power of speech, like when someone promises, apologizes, or makes an offer. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary Act. 20. How can negative declaratives express a polite question? A) By including intensifying items. B) By negating the performative. C) By using a passive form. D) By using appropriate intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By using appropriate intonation. 21. "The listeners will reinforce their house roofs before this Saturday" is the ..... of this utterance? " There will be a terrible storm this Saturday" A) Illocutionary act. B) Locutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary act. 22. But the act of saying something with the intention of stating an opinion, confirming, or denying something A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary Act. 23. Which of the following descriptions best describes the perlocutionary act? A) The grammatical structure of a sentence. B) An action performed when saying something. C) The effect achieved when saying something. D) The intention behind a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The effect achieved when saying something. 24. "There are tigers in the kitchen" is which sentence type (structure)? A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 25. WHAT TYPE OF ILLOCUTION IS BEING SHOWN?"I challenge you to a game of chess." A) Commissives. B) Expressives. C) Directives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 26. What is the topic we discussed? A) Models of Communication. B) Speech Acts. C) 7 C's of communication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech Acts. 27. What is the communicative force of an utterance called? A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 28. A speaker saying, "The answer is correct, " intended to inform the listener, is which type of speech act? A) Illocutionary. B) Perlocutionary. C) Directive. D) Locutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Locutionary. 29. "Would you pass the rice?" is a declaration. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 30. "It's hot here."The perlocutionary in the utterance is ..... A) A request for someone to open the door. B) The hearer will open the window. C) The speaker feels hot in this place. D) A request for someone not to close the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hearer will open the window. ← 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