This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I declare this meeting adjourned. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Performative utterance. B) Phatic utterance. C) Expressive utterance. D) Directive utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performative utterance. 2. "Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much" is: A) Maxim of quality. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of relevance. D) Maxim of manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim of quantity. 3. What type of presupposition that a speaker has when uttering "Are you still such a bad driver?" A) Lexical presupposition. B) Non-factive presupposition. C) Existential presupposition. D) Factive presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lexical presupposition. 4. What type of Speech Act is:'' You should not park in front of a driveway" A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Directives. D) Declaration. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 5. "Please, spend your money wisely!" this is an example of ..... act. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 6. How are illocutionary speech acts classified based on the speaker's intention? A) Three categories. B) Five categories. C) Ten categories. D) No categories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five categories. 7. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quantity: A) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. B) Uses words that do not represent the reality, the speaker uses sarcasm, irony or metaphor. C) Uses words as a distraction by changing the topic that was irrelevant to persuade the hearer to find the implied meaning. D) Uses obscure or ambiguous language, e.g. to exclude someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives too little information, so the hearer is unsatisfied by the information provided. 8. When Agatha says "You must be tired after your long journey, " which type of speech act is she performing? A) Representatives. B) Commissive. C) Directives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 9. If I were you, I would not waste my time in that video game. A) Directive. B) Commissive. C) Declarative. D) Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 10. Which of the following characteristics is true of general conditions? A) Speaker knows the event will not have a beneficial effect. B) Listener can understand the language being used and they are not being nonsensical. C) Speaker intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promise. D) When the speaker promises to do something, the event will have beneficial effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listener can understand the language being used and they are not being nonsensical. 11. Which of the following refers to the utterance that a speaker makes in order to achieve an intended effect? A) Speech Act. B) Speech Demo. C) Speech Style. D) Speech Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech Act. 12. Which are the types of speech acts? A) Descriptions, Expressions, Presentations, Directions, Commitments. B) Declarations, Representations, Expressions, Directions, Commitments. C) Declarations, Representatives, Expressives, Directives, Commissives. D) Decorations, Representatives, Expressions, Diversions, Commissives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declarations, Representatives, Expressives, Directives, Commissives. 13. When the speaker is flouting the maxims: A) They know that the hearer will not understand them. B) They appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to understand the meaning implied. C) They are uncooperative in the way the maxim requires. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to understand the meaning implied. 14. What type of Illocutionary Act according to Searle is this:"You should spend less time watching TV?" A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 15. Typhoon Quinta destroyed millions of properties in hard-hit provinces. A) Representative. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 16. Which type of speech acts refers to the speaker's intended meaning or function behind the utterance? A) Locutionary. B) Perlocutionary. C) Illocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary. 17. This is a type of illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition like boasting, suggesting, asserting, concluding, and swearing A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Assertive. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertive. 18. This refers to the act of saying something. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 19. The illocutionary is performed via ..... of an utterance A) Conversational implicatures. B) Communicative force. C) Communicative meaning. D) Reference and inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communicative force. 20. Berto sees a 1000 peso bill and says, "Easy money" A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 21. During Science Month, Mr. Cruz, a biology teacher, gave a talk to Grade 11 students explaining the different stages of the water cycle with the help of diagrams and a live demonstration. Select the type of speech used in this situation. A) Persuasive Speech. B) Inspirational Speech. C) Informative Speech. D) Entertainment Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Informative Speech. 22. The behavior of someone else which goes against your self-image: A) Face threating act. B) Face saving act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face threating act. 23. Which of the following is NOT a type of illocutionary act? A) Commissive. B) Directive. C) Assertive. D) Descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Descriptive. 24. In a direct speech act, the declarative sentence type functions as: A) Statement. B) Question. C) Order or request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 25. In a direct speech act, the interrogative sentence type functions as: A) Statement. B) Question. C) Order or request. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. ← 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