This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Acts Theory – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Acts Theory Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence"I request that you be here tomorrow one-half hour earlier." A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Declaration. D) Directive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive. 2. What type of speech act is used to request or command? A) Expressives. B) Representatives. C) Declaratives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directives. 3. Would you like me to help you with carrying those groceries? A) Offers. B) Requests. C) Complaints. D) Small talk. E) Checking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offers. 4. It is an utterance or something expressed by an individual that not only presents information, but performs an action with regard to its intention, purpose, or effect. A) Republic Act. B) Speech Acts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech Acts. 5. Here are some examples of Affirmative commands, except ..... A) Don't move. B) Everybody wait here. C) You be quite. D) You did it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You did it. 6. "The snake is under your bed." A) Declarative. B) Commisive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assertive. 7. You look tired. Are you ill?What is the illocutionary act of the above utterance? A) Expressives. B) Directives. C) Commissives. D) Representatives. E) Declaratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Representatives. 8. "Get out." A) Assertive. B) Commisive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive. 9. Which type of speech act is MOST concerned with the social function of an utterance? A) Locutionary. B) Illocutionary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary. 10. The type of speech. A) Norms. B) Genre. C) Setting & Scene. D) Instrumentalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genre. 11. TRUE or FALSE:A speech act is an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. In Cohen's classification, what speech act is a promise? A) Expressives. B) Declaratives. C) Commissives. D) Assertives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 13. In a wedding, the phrase "I now pronounce you husband and wife" is effective only when: A) The speaker has the authority to perform the action (e.g., officiant). B) Anyone makes the statement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker has the authority to perform the action (e.g., officiant). 14. Which communicative strategy is used to begin a conversation with a new topic? A) Repair. B) Nomination. C) Termination. D) Topic control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomination. 15. Which communicative strategy happens when one participant dominates the conversation, and the other politely interrupts with "Let me share my view" ? A) Restriction. B) Turn-taking. C) Repair. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn-taking. 16. Which type of speech act commits the speaker to a course of action, such as promising or threatening? A) Declarations. B) Representatives. C) Commissives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commissives. 17. Someone shouts 'fire' causing people to exit a building that they believe to be on fire. What is the perlocutionary act here? A) Someone shouting 'fire'. B) People running to exit the building. C) Cause people to panic. D) Crime of disturbance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People running to exit the building. 18. Speech acts require an appropriate use of language within a given culture A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Utterances which are started with I or We are called ..... A) Phatic utterances. B) Assertive utterances. C) Performative utterances. D) Verdictive utterances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Performative utterances. 20. An illocutionary act that commits the speaker to do something in the future A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Declaration. D) Directive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 21. To what classification of illocutionary act do the given example belong? "From this day forward, I promise to love you for the rest of my life." A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Directive. D) Expressive. E) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 22. It is concerned with the ways in which words can be used not only to present information but also to carry out actions. A) Pragmatics. B) Verbal Communication. C) Nonverbal Communication. D) Speech Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech Act. 23. Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence"Welcome home!." A) Assertive. B) Commissive. C) Declaration. D) Directive. E) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Expressive. 24. ..... are those kinds of speech acts that state what the speaker believes to be the case or not. A) Representatives. B) Declarations. C) Expressives. D) Directives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Representatives. 25. In which of the following statements is the speaker making a commitment? A) "I checked her outputs last week.". B) "I am sad and feeling blue!". C) "I promise to help you with your problems.". D) "I think following the law makes us responsible citizens.". 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