Directions: Identify whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answer. Write your justification below each item. __________ 1. “I love pink,” is an example of assertive illocutionary act. __________ 2. “No, please leave me alone,” is an example of commissive illocutionary act. __________ 3. “No one can sing as Leah does!” is an example of directive illocutionary act. __________ 4. “Yes, these apples are sweet,” is an example of declaration illocutionary act. __________ 5. The utterances that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect is a locution. __________ 6. “You are the winner of the brand-new car!” is an example of expressive illocutionary act. __________ 7. “I can visit and help you with your studies tonight,” is an example of assertive illocutionary act. __________ 8. We can we say that a speech act is a perlocutionary act when there is something said to express an intention. __________ 9. “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The teacher’s actual utterance). This is an example of locutionary act. __________10. “From now on I will participate in the group activities,” is an example of commissive illocutionary act. __________11. We can we say that a speech act is an illocutionary act when there is an utterance of a sound, a word, or even a speech. __________12. We can we say that a speech act is perlocutionary act when the utterance changes the person’s feelings, thoughts or actions. __________13. “Please don’t let the door open,” the speaker requests that the door remain closed. This is an example of illocutionary act. __________14. “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The listeners respond by finishing their task right away.) This is an example of locutionary act. __________15. “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell rings). This is an example of perlocutionary act.​

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