This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of Speech Act is it when someone makes a promise? A) Perlocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Illocutionary Act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary Act. 2. Which type of speech act is designed to make the other person do what you want them to do? A) Representatives. B) Directives. C) Declarations. D) Commissives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directives. 3. Your friend who has a fever enters your room. She shivers and tells you, "It's cold in here!" How would you interpret what she said?" A) She feels good. B) She is not feeling well. C) She is complimenting my room. D) She wants me to turn on the air condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is not feeling well. 4. "Well?"What speech act is shown? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locutionary. 5. It refers to the speaker's intention in delivering an utterance. A) Illocutionary Act. B) Locutionary Act. C) Perlocutionary Act. D) Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary Act. 6. The sentence "Did you forget your watch at home?" used to indicate the student is late is an example of: A) Direct speech act. B) Indirect speech act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect speech act. 7. Indirect speech acts are generally associated with less politeness in English than direct speech acts A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Who is the British philosopher who first drew his attention to the many functions performed by utterances? A) Bertrand Russell. B) John Locke. C) Jeremy Bentham. D) J.L. Austin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J.L. Austin. 9. What type of speech according to purpose is teaching the audience the importance of self-care? A) Entertain. B) Persuade. C) Inform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inform. 10. Which of the following speech acts is focused on changing the external situation by simply saying it? A) Expressive. B) Directive. C) Declaration. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declaration. 11. What is a speech act? A) A physical action. B) A grammatical sentence. C) An utterance that performs an action. D) A written text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An utterance that performs an action. 12. What do you call 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. 13. To what classification of illocutionary act do the given examples belong? "No one can love you as I do!" A) Commissive. B) Assertive. C) Declaration. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertive. 14. In a seminar, a scientist said, "Recent research shows that lack of sleep can affect human memory" . The statement falls into the category of speech acts ..... A) Declaratives. B) Assertives. C) Commissives. D) Expressives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assertives. 15. Smoothly moving a conversation from one topic to another is called: A) Turn-taking. B) Topic shifting. C) Topic control. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topic shifting. 16. Which type of speech act is MOST concerned with the social function or purpose behind an utterance? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Restriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 17. An illocutionary act that brings into existence the state of affairs to which it refers A) Commissive. B) Declaration. C) Directive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Declaration. 18. "Have you heard about the new class president?" is an example of which communicative strategy? A) Repair. B) Nomination. C) Termination. D) Topic shifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomination. 19. Which of the following is an example of a representative speech act, according to Searle's classification? A) "I promise to be there on time.". B) "Can you pass me the salt, please?". C) "I assert that the Earth revolves around the Sun.". D) "Congratulations on your achievement!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I assert that the Earth revolves around the Sun.". 20. (0:32) "I'm going to show you a card trick." Speech act type is ..... A) Expressives. B) Declarations. C) Commissives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 21. It's delightful to see you again.What is the illocutionary act of the above utterance? A) Expressives. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Representatives. E) Declaratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressives. 22. Which of the following utterances shows an illocutionary act? A) "It's hot here." (just a statement). B) Saying "It's hot here" to suggest turning on the fan. C) Someone turning on the fan. D) "Goodbye, see you tomorrow.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saying "It's hot here" to suggest turning on the fan. 23. I'm checking to see if you received my email from yesterday. A) Offers. B) Requests. C) Complaints. D) Small talk. E) Checking. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Checking. 24. Here are some examples of words in Assertive utterances that are being used on the nature of the message, except: A) Dictate. B) Narrate. C) Message. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Message. 25. "Thank you for reading my book." A) Assertive. B) Expressive. C) Commisive. D) Declaration. 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