This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a performative utterance? A) "I will be there.". B) "I am tired.". C) "He loves pizza.". D) "I promise to study harder.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I promise to study harder.". 2. A little boy was praying and humbly said the words "Papa Jesus, I am sorry for having offended you." A) Commissive. B) Directive. C) Representative. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressive. 3. Could you provide more information about the new policies that were mentioned in the memo? A) Giving bad news. B) Checking progress. C) Inquiries. D) Making arrangements. E) Suggestions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inquiries. 4. "I make the best pancakes there is!" A) Commisive. B) Expressive. C) Assertive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertive. 5. Who is the professor from the University of California, Berkeley that classified illocutionary acts into five distinct categories? A) John Scarley. B) John Austin. C) John Lennon. D) John Searle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Searle. 6. What is the illocutionary act for this statement, "I promise to pay you" ? A) The speaker stopping by. B) The receiver hearing the promise. C) The receiver waiting. D) The speaker making a promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The receiver waiting. 7. (3:41) "Well, I have something for you ..... with your brother." Speech act type is ..... A) Directives. B) Commissives. C) Representatives. D) Declarations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissives. 8. Asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging are examples of ..... ? A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Declarative. D) Directive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive. 9. To what classification of illocutionary act do the given example belong? "Please clean the room before you leave." A) Expressive. B) Assertive. C) Commissive. D) Declaration. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Directive. 10. Which of the following is not a proponent of J.L. Austin's Speech Act Theory? A) To say something is to do something. B) Words are actions. C) Communication goes beyond conveying information. D) Words are a matter of syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words are a matter of syntax. 11. What is the term used for ritual pronouncements that bring about a significant change of status? A) Representatives. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Declarations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarations. 12. Alex, in bidding farewell to a friend, said "Have a safe journey, my friend." A) Representative. B) Directive. C) Declarative. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 13. Which of the following situations shows a perlocutionary act? A) Saying "I'll do my best.". B) Intending to warn classmates about the test. C) Stating, "The test is tomorrow.". D) Classmates start preparing for the test after hearing the reminder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classmates start preparing for the test after hearing the reminder. 14. According to Cohen, which type of speech act involves asking questions? A) Representatives. B) Declaratives. C) Directives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 15. Today is Monday and I am not feeling well A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Declaration. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Expressive. 16. A school memo reads "All classes are suspended during the duration of the school intramural." A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 17. There are 3 main variables in Brown and Levinson's politeness model that can influence interpersonal variables on politeness, what are they? A) Maxim of Quality, Maxim of Manner, Maxim of Relation. B) Individual difference, Emotion and mood, situational factors. C) Power, Distance, and Imposition. D) Situation factors, Obstacle in Requests, Emotion and mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power, Distance, and Imposition. 18. Teacher: "I appreciate your effort in completing your assignments on time." What type of illocutionary act is this? A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 19. How many types of speech acts? A) 6. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 20. When a student says "Well, that's all for now" to end a conversation, this is: A) Nomination. B) Termination. C) Restriction. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Termination. 21. Saying "You're hired!" in a job interview is what type of speech act? A) Declaration. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 22. Which strategy prevents one person from monopolizing the conversation? A) Restriction. B) Topic control. C) Repair. D) Turn-taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn-taking. 23. Smoothly moving a conversation from one subject to another is called: A) Topic shifting. B) Repair. C) Topic control. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topic shifting. 24. This is an action performed by means of language. A) Context. B) Speech context. C) Speech acts. D) Speech style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech acts. 25. Smoking is not permitted in the lavatories. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Phatic utterances. B) Assertive utterances. C) Directive utterances. D) Performative utterances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive utterances. 26. It refers to utterances that express the speaker's belief of the truth. A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Declarations. D) Directives. E) Assertives. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Assertives. 27. He later developed speech acts into 5 classifications. A) John Longshaw Austin. B) John R. Searle. C) Harold Lasswell. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John R. Searle. 28. What category of speech act is this?"You are fired!" A) Assertives. B) Expressives. C) Declarations. D) Commissives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarations. 29. Which of the following is an example of a directive speech act? A) "I apologize.". B) "Turn off the lights, please.". C) "I believe in you.". D) "I now pronounce you husband and wife.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Turn off the lights, please.". 30. When someone asks, "How are you?" and answered with "It's raining today, " the answer violates the Maxim of: A) Manners. B) Quality. C) Relations. D) Quantity. 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