This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis In Discourse – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis In Discourse Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Her throat, like her whole body, was frozen with fright. A) Spatial-spatial. B) Personal (distal)-temporal (distal). C) Personal (proximal)-temporal (distal). D) Personal (distal)-temporal (proximal). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal (distal)-temporal (distal). 2. "here" , "there" , "now" , and "then" are Spacial Deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. How many types of reference are there? A) Two:endophora and exophora. B) Two:anaphora and cataphora. C) Two:endophora and anaphora. D) Two:exophora and cataphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two:endophora and exophora. 4. How many types of deixis are there? A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 5. ..... somebody had once whispered to her ..... A) Personal-discourse. B) Personal (proximal)-temporal. C) Personal (distal)-temporal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal (distal)-temporal. 6. Which of the following adverbs indicates time deixis? A) Here. B) Now. C) These. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Now. 7. After the Soviet Union established communism in East Germany, they took over banks, farms, and industries and forced people to work for low wages. A) Anaphora. B) Cataphora. C) Exaphora. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 8. ..... (now, then, ..... ) is used to point to a time. A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal deixis. 9. Deictic expressions are only used by adults. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. "The witching hour" is refering to ..... A) Personal deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Discourse deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis. 11. Which of the following is NOT a type of deixis mentioned? A) Person deixis. B) Time deixis. C) Place deixis. D) Cultural deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural deixis. 12. "Whenever I see Alex, he wears that same jacket"he and that are respectively the examples of ..... A) Spatial deixis and person deixis. B) Temporal deixis and spatial deixis. C) Personal deixis and spatial deixis. D) Personal deixis and temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal deixis and spatial deixis. 13. Any linguistic form used to accomplish pointing is called a deictic expression.3 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. How many types of deixis were presented in the findings of the study "The functions of deixis used by EFL teacher in classroom interaction" A) 4 ( social deixis, temporal deixis, spatial deixis, and person deixis). B) 3 (temporal deixis, spatial deixis, and person deixis). C) 5 (social deixis, temporal deixis, spatial deixis, discourse, and person deixis). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 (social deixis, temporal deixis, spatial deixis, discourse, and person deixis). 15. Deitic projection happens when deictic expressions are used in ways that shift deictic centre to ..... A) A.other participants. B) B.other places. C) C.listeners. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.other participants. 16. I'll put it here later, ok?" I, here and later refer to? A) Temporal Deixis. B) Person Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 17. "A young goat wanders through the open front doorA to B, observing the event in fascination:What do you think it's lookingfor?"What is the referent of "it" in the utterance? A) The goat. B) A. C) B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The goat. 18. What does place deixis indicate? A) Discourse structure. B) Temporal location. C) Spatial location. D) Social relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial location. 19. Learning anaphoric reference can avoid ambiguity. Which word(s) should we use to replace the word "them" in the example below?Some famous people usually write about life lessons on Facebook, so people who follow them can learn from them. A) Facebook. B) Famous people. C) Life lessons. D) Those lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Those lessons. 20. Which of the following best describes the importance of deixis? A) It connects linguistic meaning with context. B) It is only relevant in written texts. C) It complicates language use. D) It eliminates the need for context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It connects linguistic meaning with context. 21. She reached out for her glasses that lay on the chair beside her bed A) Personal-temporal. B) Spatial-distal. C) Personal-spatial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal-spatial. 22. Define pragmatic competence. A) Understanding the literal meaning of words without considering context. B) Being able to speak multiple languages fluently. C) Knowing all the grammar rules of a language. D) Ability to use language appropriately in different social contexts and to understand and interpret implied meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ability to use language appropriately in different social contexts and to understand and interpret implied meanings. 23. Which sentence contains the proximal form of temporal deixis? A) They have been friends for 6 years. B) I will come home and have dinner then. C) She won't come to the party this evening, I guest. D) I knew you were sleeping when I knocked on the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She won't come to the party this evening, I guest. 24. I have here, dear friends of mine, the story of the adolescence of that whom you loved so much and who no longer exists. Long time I've made you wait for these pages. A) Textual Deixis. B) Temporal Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) Personal Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial Deixis. 25. Person deixis is used to indicate location. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. We are coming to Cebu next week. A) Spatial Deixis. B) Personal Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) Textual Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal Deixis. 27. I went shopping yesterday A) Textual Deixis. B) Personal Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) Temporal Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal Deixis. 28. Identify temporal deixis in: "I saw you standing there" A) I. B) Standing. C) There. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 29. A deictic center is a reference point in relation to which a deictic expression is to be interpreted. The deictic center is most typically the present time, location, participant role, and so forth of the ..... A) A.speaker. B) B.listener. C) C.participant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.speaker. 30. Deictic expressions are not used by young children. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis In Discourse Quiz 1Deixis In Discourse Quiz 2Deixis In Discourse Quiz 3Deixis In Discourse Quiz 4Deixis In Discourse Quiz 6Anaphora And Cataphora QuizAnaphoric Reference QuizCataphoric Reference Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books