This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a performative utterance? A) "I am tired.". B) "I promise to study harder.". C) "He loves pizza.". D) "I will be there.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I promise to study harder.". 2. A little boy was praying and humbly said the words "Papa Jesus, I am sorry for having offended you." A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Representative. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 3. Could you provide more information about the new policies that were mentioned in the memo? A) Checking progress. B) Suggestions. C) Inquiries. D) Making arrangements. E) Giving bad news. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inquiries. 4. "I make the best pancakes there is!" A) Expressive. B) Commisive. C) Directive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 5. Who is the professor from the University of California, Berkeley that classified illocutionary acts into five distinct categories? A) John Austin. B) John Searle. C) John Lennon. D) John Scarley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Searle. 6. What is the illocutionary act for this statement, "I promise to pay you" ? A) The receiver waiting. B) The speaker stopping by. C) The speaker making a promise. D) The receiver hearing the promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The receiver waiting. 7. (3:41) "Well, I have something for you ..... with your brother." Speech act type is ..... A) Representatives. B) Commissives. C) Declarations. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissives. 8. Asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging are examples of ..... ? A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Declarative. E) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Directive. 9. To what classification of illocutionary act do the given example belong? "Please clean the room before you leave." A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive. 10. Which of the following is not a proponent of J.L. Austin's Speech Act Theory? A) Words are actions. B) To say something is to do something. C) Communication goes beyond conveying information. D) Words are a matter of syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words are a matter of syntax. 11. What is the term used for ritual pronouncements that bring about a significant change of status? A) Declarations. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarations. 12. Alex, in bidding farewell to a friend, said "Have a safe journey, my friend." A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Declarative. D) Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 13. Which of the following situations shows a perlocutionary act? A) Stating, "The test is tomorrow.". B) Intending to warn classmates about the test. C) Classmates start preparing for the test after hearing the reminder. D) Saying "I'll do my best.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classmates start preparing for the test after hearing the reminder. 14. According to Cohen, which type of speech act involves asking questions? A) Representatives. B) Declaratives. C) Directives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directives. 15. Today is Monday and I am not feeling well A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressive. 16. A school memo reads "All classes are suspended during the duration of the school intramural." A) Declarative. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 17. There are 3 main variables in Brown and Levinson's politeness model that can influence interpersonal variables on politeness, what are they? A) Maxim of Quality, Maxim of Manner, Maxim of Relation. B) Individual difference, Emotion and mood, situational factors. C) Power, Distance, and Imposition. D) Situation factors, Obstacle in Requests, Emotion and mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power, Distance, and Imposition. 18. Teacher: "I appreciate your effort in completing your assignments on time." What type of illocutionary act is this? A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressive. 19. How many types of speech acts? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 20. When a student says "Well, that's all for now" to end a conversation, this is: A) Nomination. B) Restriction. C) Repair. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Termination. 21. Saying "You're hired!" in a job interview is what type of speech act? A) Commissive. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 22. Which strategy prevents one person from monopolizing the conversation? A) Repair. B) Restriction. C) Turn-taking. D) Topic control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn-taking. 23. Smoothly moving a conversation from one subject to another is called: A) Topic control. B) Repair. C) Termination. D) Topic shifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic shifting. 24. This is an action performed by means of language. A) Speech style. B) Speech context. C) Speech acts. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech acts. 25. Smoking is not permitted in the lavatories. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Directive utterances. B) Assertive utterances. C) Performative utterances. D) Phatic utterances. 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