This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He is the one responsible for replacing the concept of locutionary act with propositional act. A) Searle. B) Langshaw. C) Austin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Searle. 2. In negative declaratives, what effect does negating an explicit performative have? A) It strengthens the force of the performative. B) It weakens the force of the performative. C) It changes the meaning of the performative. D) It has no effect on the performative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It weakens the force of the performative. 3. When Elena says: " I am going back to Madrid after my English course." , which type of speech act is she performing? A) Direct Speech Act. B) Indirect Speech Act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech Act. 4. What is the effect of a perlocutionary act based on? A) The speaker's intention. B) The literal meaning of the statement. C) The audience's response. D) The context of the utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The context of the utterance. 5. The performative hypothesis includes explicit performatives, implicit performatives and primary performatives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is the illocutionary act in the statement "It's quite hot in here" as per the example? A) Turning on the air conditioner. B) The speaker's intention to alleviate the heat. C) The listener's reaction to the statement. D) The literal meaning of the words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker's intention to alleviate the heat. 7. What is an example of an expressive act? A) I will help you. B) Can you pass the salt?. C) You are hired!. D) Thank you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thank you. 8. I feel sad about your break-up with your boyfriend. A) Directive. B) Assertive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressive. 9. Different sentence types can be used as the same basic function. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which face does not want to be imposed upon by others? A) Positive face. B) Negative face. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative face. 11. James is the best student in our class. A) Directive. B) Assertive. C) Expressive. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertive. 12. What is the illocutionary force of the utterance: "Wow, your dress is so beautiful!" ? A) The listener is furious at the sarcastic comment. B) The speaker is paying a compliment on the listener's dress. C) The speaker is using an affirmative sentence. D) The listener is happy with the compliment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is paying a compliment on the listener's dress. 13. Choose the correct type of speech act for each sentence. 2. "Did John read the book?" A) Assertion. B) Promise. C) Question. D) Warning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question. 14. Greetings A) "I hope to see you again.". B) "Happy birthday! May you have more birthdays to come!". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Happy birthday! May you have more birthdays to come!". 15. Find the performative verbs in the dialogue.Him:Can I talk to Marry?Her:No, She's not here.Him:I am asking you-Can I talk to her?Her:And I am telling you-SHE IS NOT HERE! A) Talk. B) Asking-telling. C) Talk-asking-telling. D) Not all. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asking-telling. 16. What type of speech acts change the world via an utterance? A) Declarations. B) Representatives. C) Expressives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarations. 17. In an indirect speech act which utterance element demonstrates a different meaning? A) The form. B) Function. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Function. 18. It is a type of utterance that refers to something. A) Propositional Act. B) Utterance Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propositional Act. 19. After the break up, Diego told Yvonne this: "You will never found someone as great as me." A) Expressive. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 20. "It's cold outside" used as a request to close the window is: A) A direct speech act. B) An indirect speech act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An indirect speech act. 21. Submit those documents on time. A) Expressive. B) Representative. C) Commissive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive. 22. Which intensifying item confers exclamative force on a declarative? A) Such. B) So. C) Terribly. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Waitress says to her colleague: "It's going to rain" A) Representative. B) Directive. C) Rogative. D) Commisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 24. What type of speech is Elena performing when she says " I am happy to be in London also I am a little sad." ? A) Direct Speech Act. B) Indirect Speech Act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech Act. 25. "You should be here 30 minutes earlier tomorrow." A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 26. WHAT TYPE OF ILLOCUTION IS BEING SHOWN?"I regret telling you that." A) Assertives. B) Expressives. C) Declarations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressives. 27. A perlocutionary act refers to which one of the following? A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. C) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. 28. Identify the exclamative sentence: A) He passed his driving test. B) What a fantastic performance!. C) Is she coming to the party?. D) The store closes at 9 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What a fantastic performance!. 29. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quality: A) Uses words as a distraction by changing the topic that was irrelevant to persuade the hearer to find the implied meaning. B) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. C) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. D) Uses obscure or ambiguous language, e.g. to exclude someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. 30. What type of Speech Act is:'' I promise to be there promptly" A) Commisives. B) Declaration. C) Directives. D) Assertive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commisives. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSpeech Acts Quiz 1Speech Acts Quiz 2Speech Acts Quiz 3Speech Acts Quiz 4Speech Acts Quiz 5Speech Acts Quiz 6Speech Acts Quiz 7Speech Acts Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books