Hanoi National University of Education PRAGMATICS MID-TERM TEST (C68)

Faculty of English Time allowed: 45 minutes

ANSWER SHEET
Student’s name: Nguyễn Thị Thục Huyền Class: K68H
Part I – II:
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A
6. A 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. C
11. awareness 12. distant 13. saving 14. public 15.
interpretattion
16. linguistic 17. direct 18. antecedent 19. participants 20. intention
forms
Part III:
SITUATION 1:
In the presentation:
Mark: The purpose of this meeting is to inform about new technology product: AI
John: Sorry, I can’t hear a word you just mentioned, could you repeat ?
 Make an explain
SITUATION 2:
There was a student answering to the teacher’s question. But he talked too small, and the teacher
said “ I can’t hear a word”. The teacher was complaining about his being unable to understand
the student because of his small volume.

Part IV:
- I saw on TV that some guy won 10 million dollars in a lottery.
Locutionary act: he has made a clear statement that a guy had won 10 million dollars in a
lottery
Illocutionary act: to inform his grandfather about the guy who had won 10 million dollars in
a lottery.
Perlocutionary act: to show his excitement about the news