This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Implicature Exercises – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Implicature Exercises Quiz 5 (14 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of speech act is performed when someone says, "I promise to help you" ? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Conversational Implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 2. When a teacher says, "Class dismissed, " what type of speech act is being performed? A) Declarative Speech Act. B) Expressive Speech Act. C) Indirect Speech Act. D) Perlocutionary Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative Speech Act. 3. A:Have you bought iPhone 13 yet?B:I don't have money. A) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. B) Both a and c. C) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B's utterance may implicate that B hasn't bought iPhone 13. 4. Linh: "Will you attend My's birthday tomorrow?" Chi: "I have an English lesson tomorrow." What does Chi imply for? A) Chi has an English lesson tomorrow and will attend My's birthday afterward. B) Chi prefers not to attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. C) Chi is uncertain about attending My's birthday due to the English lesson. D) Chi implies that she won't attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chi implies that she won't attend My's birthday because of the English lesson. 5. A:Shall we go to eat ice cream?B:It's cold but I like to eat ice cream. A) B's utterance may implicate that B will go to eat ice cream. B) B's utterance may implicate that B won't go to eat ice cream. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B's utterance may implicate that B will go to eat ice cream. 6. Which type of implicature relies on shared cultural or linguistic conventions? A) Conversational implicature. B) Semantic implicature. C) Pragmatic implicature. D) Conventional implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conventional implicature. 7. The basis for cooperative communication is ..... A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Maxim. D) Cooperative principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxim. 8. "Don't make your contribution more informative than is required" What maxim does this above rule belong to? A) Maxim of quality. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of relation. D) D. Maxim of manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim of quantity. 9. Which of the following is NOT true about conversational implicatures? A) They can be cancelled or reinforced by further context. B) They are always explicitly stated by the speaker. C) They are implied meanings that goes beyond the explicit content of the utterance. D) They are based on the cooperative principle of conversation and the maxims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are always explicitly stated by the speaker. 10. Implicature refers to: A) The literal meaning of an utterance. B) The indirect meaning conveyed by an utterance. C) The grammatical structure of a sentence. D) The emotional tone of a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The indirect meaning conveyed by an utterance. 11. What type of speech act involves the effect the statement has on the listener? A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) Conventional Implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary Act. 12. A:Where are you off to?B:I was thinking of going out to get some of that funny white stuff for somebody.The conversation above violates the rule of the maxim of manner, why? A) It's ambiguous. B) Too little information. C) Too much information. D) It's not relevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's ambiguous. 13. "As you probably know" is the hedge of A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Relation. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantity. 14. When making a conversation, sometimes DEGREE OF CERTAINTY is included, why? A) To give a good example. B) To make a focus. C) To strengthen the message. D) To repeat the messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make a focus. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesImplicature Exercises Quiz 1Implicature Exercises Quiz 2Implicature Exercises Quiz 3Implicature Exercises Quiz 4Conversation 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