This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It refers to utterances that express the speaker's belief of the truth. A) Assertives. B) Directives. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertives. 2. He later developed speech acts into 5 classifications. A) John Longshaw Austin. B) John R. Searle. C) Harold Lasswell. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John R. Searle. 3. What category of speech act is this?"You are fired!" A) Declarations. B) Commissives. C) Expressives. D) Assertives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarations. 4. Which of the following is an example of a directive speech act? A) "I apologize.". B) "Turn off the lights, please.". C) "I believe in you.". D) "I now pronounce you husband and wife.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Turn off the lights, please.". 5. When someone asks, "How are you?" and answered with "It's raining today, " the answer violates the Maxim of: A) Quantity. B) Relations. C) Manners. D) Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relations. 6. Which type of utterance performs an action rather than just describing something? A) Constative utterance. B) Performative utterance. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Performative utterance. 7. It is the bringing about of effects on the audience by means of uttering the sentence, such effects being specialized to the circumstance of the utterance. A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Illocutionary Act. D) Indirect Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perlocutionary Act. 8. You and your sibling were playing in your room. Suddenly, your mother entered the room, and she angrily said, "It's dirty here!" What is the best way to interpret what she said? A) She feels happy. B) She wants you to clean the room. C) She does not feel well that is why she got angry. D) She just wants to get angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wants you to clean the room. 9. Friend: "I bet you 100 pesos that it will rain today." A) Commissive. B) Assertive. C) Declaration. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commissive. 10. Student: "I swear I did not cheat on the exam." A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Declaration. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertive. 11. These utterances function to make the speaker promise to do something in the future. A) Assertives. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Expressives. E) Declarations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 12. Sara Duterte is hereby appointed as the new President of the Philippines A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Declaration. 13. Who proposed the Speech Act Theory? A) John Austin. B) John Earl. C) John Cena. D) John Searle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Austin. 14. Saying "I promise to help you tomorrow" is an example of: A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 15. Unless certain effect is achieved, the illocutionary act will not also be successfully achieved. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. I want to eat more cookie because I am still hungry A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressive. 17. Answer it properly! A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directive. 18. As long as I am breathing, I will be here for you A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 19. Judge: "I sentence you to five years in prison." A) Commissive. B) Expressive. C) Declaration. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declaration. 20. It is performed through the communicative force of an utterance. A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 21. The people involved. A) Instrumentalities. B) Ends. C) Norms. D) Participants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Participants. 22. Which of the following statements shows an illocutionary speech act? A) "Our class will end in five minutes." (The teacher's actual utterance). B) "Our class will end in five minutes." (The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell rings). C) "Our class will end in five minutes." (The listeners respond by finishing their task right away.). D) "Our class will end in five minutes." (The exact words of the teacher). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Our class will end in five minutes." (The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell rings). 23. What does "setting" mean in the components of a speech act? A) Speaker and hearer. B) Physical aspect, what is happening in the space. C) What the speaker wants to achieve. D) Physical place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical aspect, what is happening in the space. 24. Promising, planning, vowing, and betting are examples of ..... ? A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissive. 25. I draw better than you A) Assertive. B) Directive. C) Commissive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. 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