This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of a declaration in speech acts? A) To apologize. B) To make a request. C) To change the external situation. D) To express an opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change the external situation. 2. Choose the correct type of speech act for each sentence. 3. "Please pass the salt." A) Request. B) Order. C) Threat. D) Promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Request. 3. The result/ effect produced by the utterance in that given context. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary. 4. The actual words spoken are: "I will go home now." A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Speech Acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 5. What is the perlocutionary force of the utterance: "Make yourself at home!" ? A) The speaker is encouraging the listener to feel comfortable as he is at his own house. B) The listener needs to make something by himself/herself at others' houses. C) The listener may feel relaxed and comfortable at the speaker's house. D) The speaker is using an idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The listener may feel relaxed and comfortable at the speaker's house. 6. This refers to the actual words spoken. A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Illocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locutionary Act. 7. Maria hears her friend say, "The exam is moved to Monday." She understands the information. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 8. When Chandler says something sarcastic like, "Oh great, another bill ..... just what I wanted, " what act is he performing? A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Declarative. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 9. The speaker's intention is to warn someone: "Be careful, the floor is wet!" A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 10. Choose the correct answerThe type of presupposition that a speaker has when uttering: "If I were you, I would go to that concert" is A) Existential presupposition. B) Structural presupposition. C) Counterfactual presupposition. D) Factive presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterfactual presupposition. 11. What type of speech acts express psychological states? A) Expressives. B) Commissives. C) Directives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 12. Identify the speech act in the statement:'Could you pass the salt?' A) Request. B) Statement. C) Question. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Request. 13. What kind of condition is the following sentence?It covers the fact that by the act of uttering a promise, listener thereby intends to create an obligation to carry out the action as promised. A) Essential condition. B) Content conditions. C) General conditions. D) Sincerity condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Essential condition. 14. Both speaker and hearer are usually helped in the communicative process by the circumstances surrounding the utterance. We define these circumstances as: A) Felicity condition. B) Illocutionary force. C) Speech act. D) Speech event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech event. 15. Which sentence is an example of a speech act used to give advice? A) Don't forget to lock the door. B) How amazing this view is!. C) It would be a good idea to exercise regularly. D) Have you ever seen such a beautiful sunset?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It would be a good idea to exercise regularly. 16. The locutionary act is the basic act of producing a meaningful linguistic expression. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. UNDER SEARLE'S SPEECH ACTasking, ordering, inviting, advising, begging A) Assertives. B) Directives. C) Commisives. D) Expressives. E) Declaratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directives. 18. Which of the following best describes the function of an assertive speech act? A) States a fact or belief. B) Requests an action. C) Expresses apology. D) Brings about a change in employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) States a fact or belief. 19. It is the effects, intentional or unintentional, the utterance has on the behavior, thoughts, and feelings of the addressee. A) Illocutionary Act. B) Perlocutionary Act. C) Locutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perlocutionary Act. 20. What is the purpose of using ritual performatives? A) To carry out the act they name. B) To avoid invoking power and status. C) To make the performative more explicit. D) To report a speech act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry out the act they name. 21. Your answers are undoubtedly wrong. A) Declarative. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Representative. 22. I'm really sorry! A) Commissives. B) Expressives. C) Assertives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressives. 23. Your Dad comes home late from work. He enters by giving an excuse for being late what does he likely say? A) Hey let's stick with being human. B) The subway was miserable today. C) Do you have the common courtesy to make a snack. D) I would never dream of missing dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The subway was miserable today. 24. Hey there, curious minds! Have you ever wondered what negative face means? Let's dive into this intriguing concept together! Maybe Abigail, Liam, or Benjamin can share their thoughts too! A) Negative face refers to a facial expression of happiness. B) Negative face is the need for social approval and validation. C) Negative face means expressing anger or frustration openly. D) Negative face is the desire for autonomy and freedom from imposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative face is the desire for autonomy and freedom from imposition. 25. True or False? A performative verb can only be used in a simple positive present tense sentence, with a 1st person singular subject" A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. ← 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