This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct type of speech act for each sentence. 9. "Can you tell me the time?" A) Order. B) Request. C) Question. D) Assertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question. 2. How do indirect performatives differ from direct performatives? A) They are less polite. B) They do not carry out the act they name. C) They have greater force. D) They can only be used in certain contexts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They do not carry out the act they name. 3. B. Identify the illocutionary act (intention) in each item.7. You will be blessed by God. A) Declarative. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 4. Aims to change feelings, thoughts, or actions A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary Act. 5. Which of the following is a type of Speech Act? A) Illocutionary Speech Act. B) Expression Speech Act. C) Locomotor Speech Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary Speech Act. 6. "The Philippines has more than 7, 600 islands." A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. 7. We mostly produce well-formed utterances with no purpose A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Mother says to her child: "Congratulations and BRAVO!" A) Expressives. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Rogatives. E) Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 9. Invitation A) "Please stop apologizing. You are already forgiven.". B) "I would be expecting you for my birthday party tonight.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I would be expecting you for my birthday party tonight.". 10. "Can you please close the window?" -The intention here is a/an: A) Directive. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 11. It is what is said or the actual words being spoken. A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Locutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locutionary Act. 12. ..... speech act that change the world via their utterance (dismissing, sentencing, naming, announcing, declaring ..... ) A) Declarative. B) Representative. C) Expressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 13. A child says, "I am hungry." A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 14. What could be the illocutionary act of this utterance? " I have just made some coffee" A) The thought in speaker's mind "Would you like some?". B) The listener will be informed about something. C) The statement '' I have just made some coffee". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The thought in speaker's mind "Would you like some?". 15. "Could you open the window?" $\rightarrow$ What is the illocutionary act? A) Asking about ability. B) Making a request. C) Giving permission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making a request. 16. What is the primary purpose of commissive speech acts? A) To describe or assert information. B) To commit the speaker to a future action. C) To request or command someone to do something. D) To express emotions or feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To commit the speaker to a future action. 17. "Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe is true" is: A) Maxim of quality. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of relevance. D) Maxim of manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of quality. 18. What is the effect of using explicit performatives with past tense or perfect aspect? A) They carry out the act they name. B) They weaken the force of the performative. C) They make the performative more explicit. D) They report a speech act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They report a speech act. 19. What is the main function of a speech act? A) To describe grammatical sentence structures. B) To perform an action through language, such as requesting or advising. C) To create long, complex sentences. D) To use only declarative sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To perform an action through language, such as requesting or advising. 20. The same utterance can potentially have quite different illocutionary forces, promise versus warning for example. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. A judge declares, "You are hereby sentenced to ten years in prison." A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 22. If someone says, "You know how to fix this?" with a rising tone, what type of sentence is it? A) Declarative. B) Declarative question. C) Exclamative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declarative question. 23. Discuss the concept of verdictive illocutionary speech acts. A) Verdictive illocutionary speech acts. B) Exclamatory illocutionary speech acts. C) Interrogative illocutionary speech acts. D) Descriptive illocutionary speech acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verdictive illocutionary speech acts. 24. What does the speech act theory regard language as? A) A medium for conveying and expressing ideas. B) A sort of action instead of a medium for conveying and expressing ideas. C) A set of symbols and words for communication. D) A tool for issuing commands only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sort of action instead of a medium for conveying and expressing ideas. 25. Which face wants to be liked, appreciated, and admired? A) Positive face. B) Negative face. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive face. ← 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