This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Conversation Analysis – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Conversation Analysis Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A beauty advisor is trying to persuade a customer to buy some skin cream. She says: ..... A) Don't fight a losing battle. B) Let bygones be bygones. C) Whatever will be will be. D) Look ten years younger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look ten years younger. 2. Why do you think Conversation Hearts messages are updated each year? A) It's the state law. B) Popular phrases change every year. C) Kids beg for different sayings. D) People get bored with the same sayings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Popular phrases change every year. 3. You want somebody to take a photo for you. What should you say A) Can I take a photo for you?. B) Can you take a photo for me?. C) Would you like me to take a photo for you?. D) Would you mind if I take your photo?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you take a photo for me?. 4. According to Schiffrin (1987, 2001) and Fraser (1990, 1999 ), Discourse markers are items in spoken discourse that act as signposts of discourse coherence A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 5. What is the aim of Conversation Analysis? A) To analyze written and spoken texts. B) To analyze and develop conversation skills. C) To study the fluency and non-verbal actions in conversation. D) To discover how participants understand and respond to one another in their turns at talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To discover how participants understand and respond to one another in their turns at talk. 6. What are adjacency pairs in conversation analysis? A) Pairs of words that are similar in meaning. B) Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning. C) Pairs of utterances that are unrelated. D) Pairs of utterances that are related and follow each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pairs of utterances that are related and follow each other. 7. Your friend fails the exam, then you walk toward him and say, ..... A) Don't be shy!. B) Get lost!. C) Poor man!. D) Come on!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come on!. 8. I ..... motorcycle to the office. A) Take. B) Taken. C) Takes. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 9. A secretary is on the phone and wants to know the caller's name so she asks politely: ..... , please? A) Who do you want to call. B) Who are you. C) Who is saying that. D) Who's calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who's calling. 10. "I have a dentist ..... tomorrow at four. Is it ok if I leave early tomorrow?" A) Appointment. B) Checking. C) Surgery. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appointment. 11. What is an appropriate response if someone shares a personal story with you during a conversation? A) Change the subject to something more interesting. B) Share a similar story from your own life to relate. C) Ignore the story and talk about yourself. D) Criticize their story to show your honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Share a similar story from your own life to relate. 12. Caller:This is Jim Smith. Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?Secretary:I'm afraid he's just gone out.Caller:Can I leave a message, please?Secretary: ..... A) Sure. B) So long. C) No, never. D) Next time, please. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sure. 13. Which of the following adjectives did Mr Waite use to describe by sisters personality? A) Freundlich. B) Komisch. C) Hasslich. D) Dramatisch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freundlich. 14. How do you say "money" in French? A) La monnaie. B) L'argent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) L'argent. 15. Which phrase shows an Ablative of place in which? A) In stagno claro. B) Statim picturam suam. C) Properavit huc et eo. D) Cotitdie obtinere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In stagno claro. 16. When someone else is speaking, you should: A) Talk over them. B) Raise your hand while they are talking. C) Focus your eyes on them and quiet your bodies. D) Play with your shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus your eyes on them and quiet your bodies. 17. Salesman:Can I help you?A woman: ..... I'd like to see a nice tiefor my boss. A) No, thanks. B) Yes, please. C) I don't think so. D) I can take care myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, please. 18. Which type of repair involves the speaker of the problematic utterance both identifying and resolving the issue? A) Self-initiated self repair. B) Other-initiated self repair. C) Self-initiated other repair. D) Other-initiated other repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-initiated self repair. 19. What is the function of the word 'Hearts' in the term 'Conversation Hearts'? A) Subject. B) Object. C) Modifier. D) Predicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object. 20. Where did Ana meet John? A) At a restaurant. B) At the park. C) At a party. D) At the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the park. 21. What does the this question I asked Miss Barry mean?Wie ist deine Familie? A) What is your family like?. B) Do you have a family?. C) Do you want a family?. D) Do you like you family?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is your family like?. 22. Anya:Dodit:There are five people in my family. My dad, my mom, two of my brothers and I. How about you?Anya:Well, there are only three people in my family. There are only parents and I. A) Do you know how many families are there in our neighborhood?. B) How many brothers do you have?. C) How many families do you have?. D) How many members are there in your family?. E) How much money do you have?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How many members are there in your family?. 23. What is your best subject? A) I am 7 year old. B) I love you. C) My best English subject. D) I live in Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My best English subject. 24. Situation:At home. Mother: ..... ? Suda:Here you are. A) May I help you. B) May I come in. C) Give me some eggs, please. D) Let's eat some cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give me some eggs, please. 25. What can you say if you didn't understand someone because they spoke too fast? A) Could you write that down?. B) Could you say that again a little more slowly?. C) Can you speak louder?. D) Can you use different words?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could you say that again a little more slowly?. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConversation Analysis Quiz 1Conversation Analysis Quiz 2Conversation Analysis Quiz 3Conversation Analysis Quiz 4Conversation Analysis Quiz 5Conversation Analysis Quiz 6Conversation Analysis Quiz 7Conversation Analysis Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books