This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I will be starting exercising every morning. A) Commissive. B) Assertive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 2. Which speech act classification does "I promise to help you tomorrow" belong to? A) Declarative. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. "Please close the window" is an example of: A) Direct speech act-Expressive. B) Direct speech act-Directive. C) Indirect speech act-Commitment. D) Indirect speech act-Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct speech act-Directive. 7. I will boil your teeth. A) Assertives. B) Commissives. C) Directives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissives. 8. "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. 9. ..... 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. 10. In a formal meeting, the manager states, "I hereby declare this meeting open." What type of speech act is this? A) Perlocutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Performative. D) Locutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Performative. 11. A judge says in court: "The accused is hereby sentenced to 10 years in prison." Why is this considered an Illocutionary Act-Declarative? A) Assertive-because it declares a fact. B) Because it requests obedience. C) Declarative-because it changes reality once spoken. D) Commissive-because it is a promise for the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarative-because it changes reality once spoken. 12. Which type of speech act focuses on the effect on the listener, such as obeying or feeling influenced? A) Assertive. B) Perlocution. C) Illocution. D) Locution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perlocution. 13. "I do not accept late homework assignments."(said directly to principal during a staff meeting) A) Commissive. B) Assertive. C) Expressive. D) Declaration. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertive. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. "Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much" is: A) Maxim of quantity. B) Maxim of manner. C) Maxim of relevance. D) Maxim of quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of quantity. 18. What type of presupposition that a speaker has when uttering "Are you still such a bad driver?" A) Non-factive presupposition. B) Lexical presupposition. C) Factive presupposition. D) Existential presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lexical presupposition. 19. What type of Speech Act is:'' You should not park in front of a driveway" A) Expressive. B) Directives. C) Commissive. D) Assertive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directives. 20. "Please, spend your money wisely!" this is an example of ..... act. A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Declarative. D) Commissive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Directive. 21. How are illocutionary speech acts classified based on the speaker's intention? A) Ten categories. B) Three categories. C) No categories. D) Five categories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five categories. 22. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quantity: A) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. B) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. C) Uses obscure or ambiguous language, e.g. to exclude someone. D) Uses words as a distraction by changing the topic that was irrelevant to persuade the hearer to find the implied meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. 23. When Agatha says "You must be tired after your long journey, " which type of speech act is she performing? A) Representatives. B) Directives. C) Commissive. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 24. If I were you, I would not waste my time in that video game. A) Commissive. B) Representative. C) Declarative. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive. 25. Which of the following characteristics is true of general conditions? A) Speaker knows the event will not have a beneficial effect. B) Listener can understand the language being used and they are not being nonsensical. C) Speaker intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promise. D) When the speaker promises to do something, the event will have beneficial effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listener can understand the language being used and they are not being nonsensical. 26. Which of the following refers to the utterance that a speaker makes in order to achieve an intended effect? A) Speech Variation. B) Speech Style. C) Speech Act. D) Speech Demo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech Act. 27. Which are the types of speech acts? A) Decorations, Representatives, Expressions, Diversions, Commissives. B) Declarations, Representatives, Expressives, Directives, Commissives. C) Descriptions, Expressions, Presentations, Directions, Commitments. D) Declarations, Representations, Expressions, Directions, Commitments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarations, Representatives, Expressives, Directives, Commissives. 28. When the speaker is flouting the maxims: A) They know that the hearer will not understand them. B) They appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to understand the meaning implied. C) They are uncooperative in the way the maxim requires. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to understand the meaning implied. 29. What type of Illocutionary Act according to Searle is this:"You should spend less time watching TV?" A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 30. Typhoon Quinta destroyed millions of properties in hard-hit provinces. A) Representative. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Directive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 31. Which type of speech acts refers to the speaker's intended meaning or function behind the utterance? A) Locutionary. B) Perlocutionary. C) Illocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary. 32. This is a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition like boasting, suggesting, asserting, concluding, and swearing A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Declarative. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 33. This refers to the act of saying something. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 34. The illocutionary is performed via ..... of an utterance A) Conversational implicatures. B) Communicative force. C) Communicative meaning. D) Reference and inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communicative force. 35. Berto sees a 1000 peso bill and says, "Easy money" A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 36. During Science Month, Mr. Cruz, a biology teacher, gave a talk to Grade 11 students explaining the different stages of the water cycle with the help of diagrams and a live demonstration. Select the type of speech used in this situation. A) Persuasive Speech. B) Entertainment Speech. C) Inspirational Speech. D) Informative Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Informative Speech. 37. The behavior of someone else which goes against your self-image: A) Face threating act. B) Face saving act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face threating act. 38. Which of the following is NOT a type of illocutionary act? A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Descriptive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive. 39. In a direct speech act, the declarative sentence type functions as: A) Statement. B) Question. C) Order or request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 40. In a direct speech act, the interrogative sentence type functions as: A) Statement. B) Question. C) Order or request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. 41. How many types of felicity conditions? A) 4. B) 6. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 42. [True or False]In the case of factive presupposition, the speaker's use of a particular expression is taken to presuppose another concept, whereas in the case of a lexical presupposition, the use of a particular expression is taken to presuppose the truth of the information that is stated after it. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 43. Making a complaint A) "Your leche flan tastes good. Keep it up!". B) "I can't stay outside anymore. It's too hot for me.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I can't stay outside anymore. It's too hot for me.". 44. "Please pass me the salt." A) Expressive. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Declarative. E) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive. 45. Speech acts that speaker uses to get someone else to do something. These speech acts include requesting, questioning, command, orders, and suggesting A) Expressives. B) Representatives. C) Directives. D) Declarations. E) Commissives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 46. Consider this statement: "I now pronounce you as husband and wife." Who among the following can say this and make marital union happen? A) Retired policeman. B) Famous celebrity. C) Teacher. D) Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Priest. 47. The actual utterance and its literal meaning A) Illocutionary act. B) Perlocutionary act. C) Speech act. D) Locutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Locutionary act. 48. Identify the TYPE OF SPEECH ACT:It is the intention that a speaker has. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary Act. 49. When Monica says, "I'm so happy you're here!" , what type of speech act is she performing? A) Verdictive. B) Assertive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressive. 50. Illocutionary act pertains to the intention of the speaker in uttering something. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 51. He is the one responsible for replacing the concept of locutionary act with propositional act. A) Searle. B) Langshaw. C) Austin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searle. 52. In negative declaratives, what effect does negating an explicit performative have? A) It weakens the force of the performative. B) It changes the meaning of the performative. C) It has no effect on the performative. D) It strengthens the force of the performative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It weakens the force of the performative. 53. When Elena says: " I am going back to Madrid after my English course." , 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. 54. What is the effect of a perlocutionary act based on? A) The audience's response. B) The literal meaning of the statement. C) The speaker's intention. D) The context of the utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The context of the utterance. 55. 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. 56. What is an example of an expressive act? A) Can you pass the salt?. B) Thank you. C) I will help you. D) You are hired!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thank you. 57. I feel sad about your break-up with your boyfriend. A) Commissive. B) Assertive. C) Expressive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 58. 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. 59. 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. 60. James is the best student in our class. A) Assertive. B) Declaration. C) Expressive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSpeech Acts Quiz 1Speech Acts Quiz 2Speech Acts Quiz 3Speech Acts Quiz 4Speech Acts Quiz 5Speech Acts Quiz 7Speech Acts Quiz 8Speech Acts Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books