This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the response or effect on the listener after an utterance? A) Perlocutionary act. B) Topic control. C) Locutionary act. D) Illocutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perlocutionary act. 2. "I believe everything is fine. However, you need to focus on your pronunciation!" A) Restriction. B) Termination. C) Repair. D) Topic Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repair. 3. What type of speech act is this? "Please don't let the door open, " the speaker requests that the door remain closed. A) Prolocutionary. B) Locutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Illocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illocutionary. 4. "Please clean the house." This utterance falls under ..... type of speech act. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 5. It refers to the social function or the speaker's intention of what is said. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 6. What is socially acceptable, rules of interaction and interpretation. A) Act Sequence. B) Participants. C) Key. D) Norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Norms. 7. The act of making a meaningful utterance which can be understood. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 8. Which of the three are goals on Speech Acts in English Language Learning? A) Productive Learning. B) Productive Development. C) Production Development. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Productive Development. 9. The speaker expresses his/her feelings or emotional reactions. A) Directive. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 10. It is a physical utterance by the speaker. A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locutionary Act. 11. No one makes better dessert than my mom. A) Expressive. B) Declaration. C) Assertive. D) Commissive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertive. 12. (1:43) "What? ..... Issy, I really don't know how you did that. It's crazy." Speech act type is ..... A) Expressives. B) Representatives. C) Directives. D) Commissives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 13. Pertains to the actual act of utterances, what did the person say, NOT what the person mean. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 14. The form of style or channel the speech is being given. A) Norms. B) Participants. C) Instrumentalities. D) Key. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Instrumentalities. 15. John Searle further developed the speech acts taxonomy from J. L. Austin's original theory. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. The theory introduced by J.L. Austin that explains utterances as actions is called: A) Communicative Strategy Theory. B) Conversation Analysis. C) Speech Act Theory. D) Pragmatics Strategy Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech Act Theory. 17. Resulting Act of what is said or the product. A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Performatives. D) Locutionary Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perlocutionary Act. 18. What are the two illocutionary points of indirect speech acts? A) Initial illocutionary point, Final illocutionary point. B) Hidden illocutionary point, Obvious illocutionary point. C) Invisible illocutionary point, Visible illocutionary point. D) Primary illocutionary point (must be inferred), Secondary illocutionary point (apparent at surface level). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary illocutionary point (must be inferred), Secondary illocutionary point (apparent at surface level). 19. You don't love me anymore, I will never disturb you A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) Commissive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declaration. 20. I'm not happy with the quality of this product; it's not what I expected. A) Offers. B) Requests. C) Complaints. D) Small talk. E) Checking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complaints. 21. What do indirect speech acts rely on according to the text? A) Historical events, Cultural norms, Religious beliefs. B) Written documents, Official statements, Legal agreements. C) Visual cues, Body language, Facial expressions. D) Mutually shared background information, Linguistic and nonlinguistic knowledge, Rationality and inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutually shared background information, Linguistic and nonlinguistic knowledge, Rationality and inference. 22. Consider the following conversation! A: "Where is your address?" B: "Rose Street number 10" . Based on the conversation above, it belongs to ..... A) Quantity Maxim. B) Maxim of Manner. C) Maxim of Quality. D) Maxim of Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quantity Maxim. 23. These are utterances that function as commands or requests to make someone do something. A) Assertives. B) Declarations. C) Commissives. D) Directives. E) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directives. 24. It is the actual act of utterance. A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Locutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locutionary Act. 25. Which speech act is designed to make the other person do what you want them to do? A) Commissives. B) Directives. C) Declarations. D) Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directives. 26. "I appreciate your help so much! We couldn't have done it without you." What type of illocutionary act is being used? A) Representative/Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressive. 27. What category of speech act is this? "The earth is flat" A) Directives. B) Commissives. C) Expressives. D) Assertives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertives. 28. While cleaning, Alex called his friend's attention saying "You can actually give me a hand with this." A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Representative. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive. 29. What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when a woman turns down a proposal from her boyfriend? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary. 30. What speech act category involves the speaker committing to a future action? A) Commissive. B) Declarative. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 31. "Don't forget to feed my pet everyday!" . What type of illocutionary act is being used? A) Commisives. B) Directives. C) Declaration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declaration. 32. What are speech acts? A) These are actions performed. B) These are actions performed by the speaker via an utterance. C) These are actions performed by the listener. D) These are actions performed by requesting something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These are actions performed by the speaker via an utterance. 33. Which function does the utterance "We find the defendant guilty" said by Jury Foreman show? A) Representative. B) Declarative. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative. 34. You say "Sorry for forgetting your birthday." What type of speech act is this? A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressive. 35. Which of the following is an example of a commissive speech act, according to Searle's classification? A) "I bet you can't solve this puzzle.". B) "I promise to help you with your project.". C) "I apologize for my mistake.". D) "I believe it will rain tomorrow.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I promise to help you with your project.". 36. Communicative competence is essential for a speaker to be able to use and understand speech acts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. The speech event which rules apply? A) Purpose of communication. B) Same language variety. C) Grammar rules. D) Sociolinguistic rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sociolinguistic rules. 38. Here are Verdictive verbs, except ..... A) Excuse. B) Recharge. C) Accuse. D) Thank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recharge. 39. The basketball referee suddenly exclaimed "Out!" A) Representative. B) Declarative. C) Expressive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative. 40. In speech act theory, how many types of felicity conditions are there? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 41. 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. 42. "I wonder whether you got any milk." A) Direct speech act. B) Indirect speech act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech act. 43. Jenna, during a brainstorming activity with her group, expressed "Share-share din ng idea pag may time." A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 44. An illocutionary act where the speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition A) Directive. B) Commissive. C) Assertive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertive. 45. A philosopher of language and the developer of the Speech Act Theory. A) Noam Chomsky. B) Jerome Bruner. C) B.F. Skinner. D) J. L. Austin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. L. Austin. 46. When someone says, "It's cold in here" and simply states a fact, this is an example of: A) Perlocutionary act. B) Termination. C) Illocutionary act. D) Locutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Locutionary act. 47. Locutionary acts are performed with intentionality. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. You have a wonderful voice but I can sing better A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. 49. Which refers to the actual act of uttering? A) Illocutionary. B) Commisive. C) Locutionary. D) Perlocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locutionary. 50. Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence"I name this dog Butchie." A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Declaration. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 51. "I may not be your first but I promise I will be your last." A) Directive. B) Assertive. C) Commisive. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commisive. 52. An illocutionary act that expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event presumed to be true. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 53. What category of speech act is this?"I shall return." A) Assertives. B) Expressives. C) Commissives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 54. In the context of Face-Threatening Acts (FTAs), when is negative politeness more advisable? A) When you want to criticize someone. B) When you want to make a request without interfering with other people's freedom. C) When you want to build a closer relationship with the person you are talking to. D) When you want to show support and agreement in a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you want to make a request without interfering with other people's freedom. 55. A performative utterance is successful when: A) The speaker has the authority to perform the action. B) The statement describes a true fact. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker has the authority to perform the action. 56. Social function of what is said or the intention of the speaker. A) Locutionary Act. B) Performatives. C) Illocutionary Act. D) Perlocutionary Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary Act. 57. This is a speech act that changes the state or situation of the people or things involved in the communication. A) Expressives. B) Commissives. C) Declarations. D) Directives. E) Assertives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarations. 58. What are the three elements of any speech act? A) Introduction, Body, Conclusion. B) Literal meaning, Figurative meaning, Emotional meaning. C) Locutionary act, Illocutionary act, Perlocutionary act. D) Subject, Verb, Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locutionary act, Illocutionary act, Perlocutionary act. 59. Speech acts are actions performed via ..... A) Utterances. B) Reference. C) Inference. D) Implicatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Utterances. 60. "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."Which speech act is evident in this statement by Martin Luther King, Jr.? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary. 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