This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I will miss you a lot" this is an example of ..... act. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressive. 2. What kind of utterance that is neither true nor false but its purpose is to make a part of the word conform to what is said? A) Phatic utterance. B) Verdictive utterance. C) Performative utterance. D) Assertive utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Performative utterance. 3. B. Identify the illocutionary act (intention) in each item.4. Kindly bring that glass of water to me. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 4. A rhetorical question is a ..... A) Command intended to be a genuine request for information. B) Apelative sentence intended to be an ingenuine answer. C) Request intended to be genuine information. D) Interrogative sentence but is not intended to be a genuine request for information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interrogative sentence but is not intended to be a genuine request for information. 5. What is unique about the declarative among clause types? A) It can ask a question. B) It can make an exclamation. C) It can carry out certain acts by naming them. D) It can give a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can carry out certain acts by naming them. 6. What do you call the utterances that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect? A) Speech Act. B) Speech Context. C) Speech Style. D) Speech variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech Act. 7. A perlocutionary speech act happens when what the speaker says has an effect on the listener. Identify which of the following is a perlocutionary speech act. A) "There's an earthquake!". B) "Are you crazy?". C) "Don't do that!". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "There's an earthquake!". 8. "The book is on the table" is an example of: A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 9. Which speech-act category does the second speaker's utterance belong to?Ed:You look lovely today in your new dress.Faye:Thank you for your nice compliment. A) Representatives. B) Commissives. C) Declaratives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressives. 10. Is done through the power of speech, like when someone promises, apologizes, or makes an offer. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary Act. 11. How can negative declaratives express a polite question? A) By negating the performative. B) By including intensifying items. C) By using appropriate intonation. D) By using a passive form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By using appropriate intonation. 12. "The listeners will reinforce their house roofs before this Saturday" is the ..... of this utterance? " There will be a terrible storm this Saturday" A) Illocutionary act. B) Locutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary act. 13. But the act of saying something with the intention of stating an opinion, confirming, or denying something A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary Act. 14. Which of the following descriptions best describes the perlocutionary act? A) An action performed when saying something. B) The effect achieved when saying something. C) The grammatical structure of a sentence. D) The intention behind a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The effect achieved when saying something. 15. "There are tigers in the kitchen" is which sentence type (structure)? A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 16. WHAT TYPE OF ILLOCUTION IS BEING SHOWN?"I challenge you to a game of chess." A) Commissives. B) Expressives. C) Directives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 17. What is the topic we discussed? A) Models of Communication. B) Speech Acts. C) 7 C's of communication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech Acts. 18. What is the communicative force of an utterance called? A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 19. A speaker saying, "The answer is correct, " intended to inform the listener, is which type of speech act? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 20. "Would you pass the rice?" is a declaration. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 21. "It's hot here."The perlocutionary in the utterance is ..... A) The speaker feels hot in this place. B) A request for someone to open the door. C) A request for someone not to close the door. D) The hearer will open the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hearer will open the window. 22. Chandler says to Monica, "ikaw ang bugtong itik nga ga kapa-kapa sa malapokon kung dughan, ug ikaw ang ting-ting nga gabagting sakong kasing-kasing, saksi ang mga unggoy nga ga languy-languy kilid sa hagunoy, sa akong gugma ikaw ra ang gi ila." A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary Act. 23. During the graduation ceremony, the guest speaker shared her life story-how she overcame poverty through perseverance and hard work-to encourage the graduates to pursue their dreams despite challenges. 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: B) Inspirational Speech. 24. The type of speech acts that doesn't make words fit the world is ..... A) Directives. B) Expressives. C) Declaratives. D) Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directives. 25. "I do not accept late homework assignments."(said directly to students) A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. 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