This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Implicature Exercises – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Implicature Exercises Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:Can you recommend any good new films? B:I'm thinking about buying a new phone, but I'm not sure which brand or model is best.=> B has flouted the maxim of ..... A) Quality. B) Relation. C) Manner. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relation. 2. Which one is the example of the maxim of quality? A) The capital of India is New Delhi. B) Andi: "Do you know if Katie got on okay with her exams?"Rudy: "Yes, I do. She did really well and got an A!". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The capital of India is New Delhi. 3. "Group 6 has 3 members." is the example of ..... A) Maxim of Quantity. B) Maxim of Quality. C) Maxim of Relation. D) Maxim of Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of Quantity. 4. The generalized conversational implicature of "a/an X" is: A) Not speaker's X. B) Speaker's X. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not speaker's X. 5. What is TRUE about conversational implicature? A) Conversational implicature involves implied meanings that are not explicitly stated by the speaker. B) Conversational implicature involves implied meanings that are not explicitly stated by the hearer. C) Conversational implicature involves meanings that are explicitly stated by the speaker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversational implicature involves implied meanings that are not explicitly stated by the speaker. 6. In the sentence "David even help the old woman to go home" . what is implied fro the speaker's utterance? A) The speaker is happy that David helped the old woman to go home. B) David is claimed to help the old woman to go home with his pleasure.l. C) David is not expected to help the old woman to go home. D) The speaker believes that David usually helps the old woman with other tasks, not necessarily with going home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David is not expected to help the old woman to go home. 7. Conventional implicatures are associated with ..... A) Specific words. B) Special context. C) Interpretation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific words. 8. "John is poor but happy."What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance? A) Scalar implicature. B) Particularized conversational implicature. C) Conventional implicature. D) Generalized conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conventional implicature. 9. What are the Maxim of Quantity? A) Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity. B) Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much. C) Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before. D) Speakers are experted o be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much. 10. Which Maxim says:Be clear; be brief; be orderly; don't be obscure? A) The Maxim of Quality. B) The Maxim of Quantity. C) The Maxim of Manner. D) The Maxim of Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Maxim of Manner. 11. A:That dish looks delicious!B:I would like a piece of it. A) B's utterance may implicate that the dish looks delicious. B) B's utterance may implicate that the dish looks bad. C) B's utterance may implicate that B don't care the dish. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B's utterance may implicate that the dish looks delicious. 12. What are the similarities between conventional implicatures and conversational implicatures? A) They aren't based on the cooperative principle. B) They don't have to occur in conversation. C) They don't depend on special contexts. D) They are indirect ways of conveying meaning beyond the literal words spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are indirect ways of conveying meaning beyond the literal words spoken. 13. What is scalar implicature of the sentence "I've read some chapters of that book" . A) "I've read most chapters of the book.". B) "I've not read all chapters of that book.". C) "I've read one chapter of that book.". D) "I've read no chapter of that book.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I've not read all chapters of that book.". 14. "Even Bill likes Mary" What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance? A) Scalar implicature. B) Generalized conversational implicature. C) Conventional implicature. D) Particularized conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conventional implicature. 15. According to Grice, what do speakers expect from each other in conversation? A) To be ambiguous. B) To be cooperative. C) To be deceptive. D) To be irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be cooperative. 16. If a speaker tells a lie, they break the Maxim of ..... A) Quantity. B) Quality. C) Manner. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quality. 17. Which of the following statements is an example of an indirect speech act? A) "I name this ship The Voyager. B) "Can you pass the salt?" (meaning a request rather than a question). C) "I apologize for the mistake.". D) "She left at 5 PM.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Can you pass the salt?" (meaning a request rather than a question). 18. Which maxim emphasizes avoiding vagueness and ambiguity in speech? A) Maxim of Quality. B) Maxim of Quantity. C) Maxim of Relation. D) Maxim of Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maxim of Manner. 19. ..... make your conservational contribution as required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged. A) Conversational implicature. B) Tautologies. C) The cooperative principle. D) Hedges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cooperative principle. 20. A:That fruit cake there looks appetizing.B:The dessert you brought is really mouthwatering. A) B's utterance may implicate that he/she disagrees with A. B) B's utterance may implicate that he/she agrees with A. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B's utterance may implicate that he/she agrees with A. 21. A:Will you come out with me tonight?B:I have to do homework. A) B's utterance may implicate that B likes do homework. B) B's utterance may implicate that B doesn't want to go out. C) B's utterance may implicate that B wants to go out so much. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B's utterance may implicate that B doesn't want to go out. 22. A student tells a teacher, "I didn't bring my homework because my dog ate it." What is this an example of? A) Direct Speech Act. B) Conversational Implicature. C) Conventional Implicature. D) Expressive Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conversational Implicature. 23. Guidelines for making a good conversation according to Grice A) Cooperative principle. B) Maxims. C) Cooperative & maxims. D) Conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooperative & maxims. 24. A:Do you have the time?B:It's 9:30 at night, Greenwich Mean Time, 5 December 2023.=> B has flouted the maxim of ..... A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Manner. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantity. 25. Definition of Conversational implicature? A) Conversational implicature can be suspended or denied. B) People may draw somewhat different conversational implicature from a certain utterance. C) Conversational implicature promises to bridge "the gap. between what is literally said and what is conveyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conversational implicature promises to bridge "the gap. between what is literally said and what is conveyed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesImplicature Exercises Quiz 1Implicature Exercises Quiz 2Implicature Exercises Quiz 3Implicature Exercises Quiz 5Conversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills QuizMaxims Of Conversation QuizPoliteness And Face QuizPoliteness Strategies Spoken English QuizPoliteness Strategies QuizPoliteness Theory QuizPragmatic Inference QuizPragmatic Markers In Conversation QuizPragmatics Context And Implicature QuizSpeech Acts Context QuizSpeech Acts Theory QuizSpeech Acts QuizSpeech Strategies QuizTurn Taking In Conversation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books