This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The effect of the words is that the listener avoided slipping on the floor. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Speech Acts. D) Perlocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perlocutionary. 2. Finish your tasks in Google Classroom. A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 3. What type of speech act is:'' No one else could lift me high above" A) Expressive. B) Declaration. C) Commisive. D) Assertive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 4. "You may now kiss the bride." $\rightarrow$ The illocutionary act is: A) Permission. B) Request. C) Question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permission. 5. A commissive speech act is a speech act that expresses a speaker's intention to commit to a future action. Which of the following is a commissive speech act? A) "I love you". B) "Hurry! We're almost there!". C) "I promise to exercise everyday". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I promise to exercise everyday". 6. If Chandler says, "Could you pass me the remote?" , which speech act is this? A) Directive. B) Declarative. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 7. "I vow to cherish and support you for the rest of our lives together." A) Directive. B) Declaration. C) Assertive. D) Commissive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commissive. 8. [True or False] The presupposition of a statement will not remain constant when that statement is negated. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 9. WHAT TYPE OF ILLOCUTION IS BEING SHOWN?"I sentence you to ten years in prison." A) Directives. B) Assertives. C) Declarations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarations. 10. A student tells his teacher: "I will submit my research paper tomorrow, Ma'am." What speech act is being conveyed here? A) Locutionary (words expressed literally). B) Illocutionary-Commissive (making a promise/commitment). C) Illocutionary-Assertive (stating a fact). D) Perlocutionary (effect of persuading the teacher to wait). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary-Commissive (making a promise/commitment). 11. A women says to her sister:'' Who vacuumed the floor?" A) Rogative. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rogative. 12. The social function of what is said or the intention of the speaker is: A) Speech act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Locutionary act. D) Perlocutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 13. "I promise to help you with your homework later." A) Assertive. B) Declarative. C) Commissive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 14. What is the function of the utterance "Please pass me the salt" ? A) Makes a polite request. B) Gives praise. C) Expresses apology. D) Describes a situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes a polite request. 15. A teacher announces to her students: "You are all officially members of the school's debate team." After hearing this, the students cheer and clap with excitement. A) Illocutionary-Directive. B) Perlocutionary. C) Locutionary. D) Illocutionary-Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perlocutionary. 16. "We apologize for the delay of the program." A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Declarative. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 17. In a direct speech act, the imperative functions as: A) Statement. B) Question. C) Order or request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Order or request. 18. "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." -Fight Club, Tyler Durden A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary Act. 19. Your mom is mad about dad's excuse of being late to dinner. What does she likely say? A) Give me a break. B) I would never dream of being angry. C) Let's stick with being single. D) I will holler about your lateness from the rooftops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give me a break. 20. Choose the classification of speech act that best corresponds to the given expression:You will no longer work in my department, for you will be assigned to another department. A) Commissives. B) Expressives. C) Declarations. D) Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarations. 21. "I pledge to donate $ 500 to your favorite charity." A) Declaration. B) Commissive. C) Assertive. D) Expressive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 22. A speaker carriesout nomination to collaboratively and productively establish a topic A) TOPIC CONTROL. B) NOMINATION. C) TERMINATION. D) REPAIR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOMINATION. 23. What is the correct combination between the classification of Austin and Searle? A) Behabitive $\rightarrow$ Directive. B) Exercitive $\rightarrow$ Commitment. C) Commitment $\rightarrow$ Assertion. D) Expositive $\rightarrow$ Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exercitive $\rightarrow$ Commitment. 24. What type of illocutionary act is represented by the sentence: "I promise to pay you on Tuesday" ? A) Declarative. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 25. Which speech act involves the speaker expressing their feelings or emotions? A) Commissives. B) Declarations. C) Directives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressives. 26. What are the characteristics of expressive illocutionary speech acts? A) Expression of facts and information. B) Expression of emotions, feelings, or attitudes. C) Expression of silence. D) Expression of physical actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expression of emotions, feelings, or attitudes. 27. What are performative verbs that explicitly name the illocutionary act being performed called? A) IFIDs. B) Felicity Conditions. C) General Conditions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IFIDs. 28. What is the essential question of Lesson 4:Perlocution? A) How can we improve our speaking skills?. B) How can the speech context affect the receiver's understanding of a speech act?. C) What are the different types of speech acts?. D) How can we ensure our message is always understood?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How can the speech context affect the receiver's understanding of a speech act?. 29. These include promising, threatening, offering, refusal, pledges. A) Representatives. B) Declarations. C) Commissives. D) Expressives. E) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 30. After hearing, "It's time for bed, " a child goes to sleep. Which speech act is observed here? A) Perlocutionary. B) Directive. C) Illocutionary. D) Locutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perlocutionary. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books