This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In English, how is ellipsis typically handled compared to Russian? A) It is used only in poetry. B) It is used more frequently. C) It is rarely used. D) It is always avoided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is rarely used. 2. Which of the following is a deictic expression? A) A. Happiness. B) B. Here. C) C. Quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Here. 3. Which of the following is an incorrect use of the pronoun 'one'? A) Using it to replace a countable noun. B) Using it in a passive voice context. C) Using it with a limiting definition. D) Using it to refer to an abstract concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using it in a passive voice context. 4. How many SPATIAL deixes are there in this sentence?"I am looking at those clouds over there." A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 5. I flew there last week for a quick visit. A) Spatial Deixis. B) Personal Deixis. C) Temporary Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporary Deixis. 6. We booked into this hotel last night; I think it arrives tomorrow. A) Temporary Deixis. B) Personal Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporary Deixis. 7. He started to get angry and cursed at her. This made me very angry. "This" refers to? A) Person Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial Deixis. 8. Speaker and addressee included A) Exclusive '' we". B) Inclusive "we". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inclusive "we". 9. What type of deictic expression is used in this sentence?"Those girls are giving out flyers." A) Impure person. B) Pure spatial. C) Impure spatial. D) Pure person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impure spatial. 10. "We need to do something about climate change before it's too late!"Is the pronoun "we" in this conversation deictic? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 11. Which of the following is an example of a demonstrative pronoun in English? A) One. B) This. C) They. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This. 12. Utterance are easily understood by the people are present, but may need a translation for someone not right there A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. -Mi a baba neve?-Boti. A) Anafora. B) Katafora. C) Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katafora. 14. What is a cocoon? A) A tool for weaving. B) A soft covering made by silkworms. C) A type of cloth. D) A place to trade silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A soft covering made by silkworms. 15. He went shopping A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal deixis. 16. What type of leadership did Igbo villages have? A) Kings ruled all tribes. B) Mayors led each town. C) Elders made decisions. D) Presidents were elected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elders made decisions. 17. Jake takes his teacher by the hand, walks to the cupboard, and points upward A) This is an example of intentional communication. B) This is an example of non-intentional communication. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This is an example of intentional communication. 18. Which pronoun is used for first-person plural deixis? A) A. We. B) B. You. C) C. He. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. We. 19. Why did villagers hope for a good silk harvest? A) To win prizes. B) To pay debts and buy food. C) To go to school. D) To travel abroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pay debts and buy food. 20. Deictic expressions are used by the speaker to refer to or identify entities in both ..... situations. A) Non-linguistic and linguistic. B) Direct and indirect. C) Distant and current. D) Financial and political. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct and indirect. 21. Identify the person deixis in this sentence:They will meet us at the park. A) A. They. B) B. Us. C) C. Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Both a and b. 22. How many kinds of deixis in this sentence?"I love you to the moon and back" A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 23. What is meant by foreign control in the story? A) Other countries influencing local businesses. B) Local leaders controlling farms. C) Villagers going abroad. D) Chinese people owning factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Other countries influencing local businesses. 24. Which pronoun is commonly used in English as a deictic means? A) Who. B) That. C) Which. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 25. What does the phrase 'the one' indicate? A) A specific referent. B) An indefinite object. C) A plural noun. D) A general concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specific referent. 26. Here is a good spot; it is too sunny over there."here" and "there" refer to? A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial deixis. 27. What is the primary function of deixis? A) A. To give a detailed description. B) B. To point to something using language. C) C. To explain abstract ideas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. To point to something using language. 28. What made it hard for the villagers to sell their silk cocoons? A) Poor weather. B) Closed silk mills and war. C) No buyers at all. D) The silk was bad quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed silk mills and war. 29. What is synonymous with "indexical" ? A) Index. B) Deixis. C) Deictic expression. D) Deictic center. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deictic expression. 30. How many deixes are there in the following sentence? "Your daughter found page 33 interesting." A) 3. B) 5. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 31. Used to point to things (it, this, these) and people (him, them, those idiots) A) Temporal deixis. B) Personal deixis. C) Pragmatics. D) Spatial deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal deixis. 32. What does temporal deixis refer to? A) A. The relationship between speaker and listener. B) B. The timing of an event relative to the time of speaking. C) C. The physical distance of an object. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. The timing of an event relative to the time of speaking. 33. Identify the type of deixis used in the italicized part: "Sir, smoking is not allow here." A) Temporal. B) Person. C) Spatial. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social. 34. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"He's gone." A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 35. What does historical context help us understand in literature? A) The book's price. B) Spelling rules. C) The writer's name. D) The background events that shape the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The background events that shape the story. 36. What is the DEICTIC CENTER in this sentence?"John, are you in the room? Im coming in now!" A) Addressee. B) Speaker. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Addressee. 37. Used to point to a time (now, then, last year) A) Pragmatics. B) Spatial deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) Temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal deixis. 38. Hey, hand me that A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Deixis. 39. What is the primary function of deictic pronouns? A) To simplify sentences. B) To add adjectives. C) To indicate specific references. D) To create new words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To indicate specific references. 40. Intentional Communication has to be verbal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. True or False?In English, spatial deixis terms can indicate the space between the subject and the addressee. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. ..... is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context. A) Presupposition. B) Deixis. C) Context. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deixis. 43. What does the term 'deictic' refer to? A) A word that replaces a direct reference. B) A synonym for ellipsis. C) A grammatical error. D) A type of noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that replaces a direct reference. 44. How did Okonkwo feel about his father Unoka? A) He wanted to be like him. B) He was ashamed of him. C) He admired him. D) He was proud of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was ashamed of him. 45. True or False? "How does that sound?" : "That" is a spatial deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. They are having breakfast A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal deixis. 47. El oso y el tigre se retaron a un duelo a muerte, el oso y el tigre se disputaban el reino.si aplicamos deixis personal, las palabras subrayadas se cambian por: A) Nosotros. B) Ellas. C) Ustedes. D) Ellos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellos. 48. The locutionary stage begins at: A) 8 months. B) Birth. C) 12 months. D) 6 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 months. 49. The action of going is inclusive in the first, exclusive in the second A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Quien puede usar la Deixis espacial? A) Hablante. B) Persona que hable un lenguaje. C) Oyente. D) Visualizador. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persona que hable un lenguaje. 51. When he arrived, he went straight to her, he was right there where he had left them A) Spatial Deixis. B) Temporary Deixis. C) Personal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial Deixis. 52. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the deictic pronoun 'those'? A) Those is a great idea. B) Those are my friends. C) Those is the best option. D) I like those apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those are my friends. 53. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"He's gone home." A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 54. Ki az? Csak nem Marci? A) Anafora. B) Katafora. C) Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katafora. 55. In Spring Silkworms, what was one result of foreign control? A) Silk quality improved. B) More factories opened. C) The silk trade suffered. D) Villagers became rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The silk trade suffered. 56. What is an example of place deixis? A) This place. B) We. C) Then. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This place. 57. What is the domain of pragmatics? A) Chemical reactions. B) Study of plant genetics. C) Mathematical equations. D) Language use in context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language use in context. 58. What kind of man was Unoka? A) Rich and strict. B) Hardworking and successful. C) Joyful but lazy. D) Brave and quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyful but lazy. 59. Deixis is a technical term from A) Greek. B) French. C) UK. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek. 60. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"Last week that guy made such a mess that it took us 3 hours to clean up this room." A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. Next →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis Quiz 2Anaphora And Cataphora QuizAnaphoric Reference QuizCataphoric Reference QuizDeixis In Discourse QuizReference Devices QuizTextual Deixis Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books