This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I pronounce you man and wife. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Phatic utterances. B) Verdictive utterances. C) Commissive utterances. D) Performative utterances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performative utterances. 2. The actual act of uttering or Literal meaning A) Locutionary Act. B) Perlocutionary Act. C) Illocutionary Act. D) Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary Act. 3. Why should the use of the personal pronouns 'I' and 'U' be avoided in communication that is intended to maintain negative politeness? A) Because these pronouns are impolite. B) Because they make the message seem too long. C) Because these pronouns can make the message seem direct and forceful. D) Because these pronouns are difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because these pronouns can make the message seem direct and forceful. 4. Whenever there is a direct relationship between a structure and a fuction, we have a/ an ..... 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. 5. During a court trial, a witness had to take an oath and said "I solemnly swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth." A) Expressive. B) Declarative. C) Directive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commissive. 6. A speaker saying "I promise" without intending to keep the promise violates which felicity condition? A) Sincere intent. B) Proper context. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sincere intent. 7. The time, place, situation and environment. A) Ends. B) Norms. C) Setting & Space. D) Instrumentalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting & Space. 8. Go straight and that's it! A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 9. Which speech act type describes the actual utterance and its linguistic form? A) Illocutionary. B) Locutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locutionary. 10. In a situation where a teacher says "Can you close the door?" but is actually requesting the student to do so, this is an example of: A) Indirect speech act. B) Direct speech act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect speech act. 11. Kindly bring that glass of water to me. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 12. What type of Illocutionary Act according to Searle is this: "Hurray, I'm so excited to go to the zoo" ? A) Expressive. B) Declaration. C) Commissive. D) Representative. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 13. Which is the correct sequence of J.L. Austin's speech acts? A) Illocution-Perlocution-Locution. B) Perlocution-Locution-Illocution. C) Locution-Illocution-Perlocution. D) Restriction-Repair-Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locution-Illocution-Perlocution. 14. It carries a directive for the audience. This directive might be a promise, an order, an apology, or an expression of thanks-or merely an answer to a question, to inform the other person in the conversation. A) Locutionary Act. B) Illocutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary Act. 15. Which of the following is an example of illocutionary act? A) He/she says. B) The speaker is requesting. C) "Wear your facemask all the time. D) The addressee is expected to wear masks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is requesting. 16. An illocutionary act that is an attempt by the speaker to get the listener to do something A) Assertive. B) Declaration. C) Expressive. D) Commissive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Directive. 17. It states what the speaker feels. A) Expressives. B) Directives. C) Representative/Assertive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 18. It commits the speaker to doing something in the future. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 19. To what classification of illocutionary act do the given example belong? "You are blessed." A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Declaration. 20. A dog expert explained to us that "some dogs are very picky eaters." A) Representative. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representative. 21. "How dare you treat her that way!" A) Expressive. B) Declaration. C) Assertive. D) Commisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 22. I value your opinion. What do you think about the idea of implementing flexible work hours? A) Starting & ending conversations. B) Giving good news. C) Opinions. D) Positive responses. E) Sympathising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opinions. 23. God is good to me, I will go to church every Sunday. A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 24. There are ..... main characteristics of ISA: A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 25. -a type of illocutionary act which commits the speaker to doing something in the future. A) Declaration. B) Expressive. C) Representative. D) Commissive. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commissive. 26. What is the aim of Perlocutionary Speech Act? A) To utter and just state something. B) To give clear intention. C) To change feelings, thoughts, or actions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change feelings, thoughts, or actions. 27. Which of the following is an example of a speech act that expresses appreciation? A) "What time is it?". B) "I'll be there at 5.". C) "Thanks!". D) "You are under arrest.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Thanks!". 28. What is the possible illocutionary act for the statement "I promise to stop by" ? A) The speaker stopping by. B) The speaker making a promise. C) The receiver waiting. D) The receiver hearing the promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker making a promise. 29. Blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence and excommunicating are examples of ..... A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Declarative. 30. The following are the areas of "Pragmatics" EXCEPT: A) The study of speaker meaning. B) The study of contextual meaning. C) The study of how to get more communicated that it is said. D) The study of personal identification of the speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of personal identification of the speaker. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSpeech Acts Theory Quiz 1Speech Acts Theory Quiz 2Speech Acts Theory Quiz 3Speech Acts Theory Quiz 4Speech Acts Theory Quiz 5Speech Acts Theory Quiz 6Speech Acts Theory Quiz 7Speech Acts Theory Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books