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Oral Communication 2nd Prelims
Oral Communication 2nd Prelims
Oral Communication 2nd Prelims
1. It is a type of speech style used between or among participants who have a very personal relationship.
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
2. What speech style is appropriate to use between friends who are chatting about their dance number?
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
5. This style is characterized by lack of listener’s participation. Only the speaker is the source of information.
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
7. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest speaker at a graduating ceremony in Mariano University. Which
of the following lines is an appropriate introduction in her commencement speech?
8. The following are statements that use the frozen speech style Except _.
A. Panunumpa sa Watawat……
D. Panatang makabayan….
9. Which of the following statements is true about the frozen speech style?
10. President Benigno Aquino III is hosting a state dinner at the Malacañang Palace in honor of the visiting US
President Barack Obama. Which of the following speech styles must be used on the occasion?
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
11. It is a speech act which also known as the effect of the utterance toward the addressee. This involves a
change in the addressee’s behavior, attitude, or feelings.
A. Locutionary
B. Illocutionary
C. Perlocutionary
D. Prelocutionary
12. It is a type of illocutionary act that commits a speaker to some future course of action such as offering and
promising.
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
13. Which of the following utterances is not an example of a directive illocutionary act?
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
E. Declaration
19. John was watching TV when his mother arrived from the market. Upon entering the door, she says,
“These bags are so heavy!” What do you think should be the perlocutionary act for the speech act to be
successful?
A. Let me help you. I’ll be the one to carry them Mom.
20. Speakers who are assigned to control the flow of the conversation are called ________ authorities.
A. Low authorities
B. High authorities
C. With authorities
D. Weak authorities
A. Interviewer interrogates the applicant about his personal, educational, and professional
backgrounds.
B. Panel discussion
C. Forum
A. Use nonverbal cues to initiate that he/she wants to join the conversation.
C. Ask questions that will maintain the quality and productivity of communication.
23. Sir Ralph is discussing the rock cycle. James, his student, interrupts him by saying something about the
various types of rocks. Which of the following is the appropriate way to express an interest in joining or
participating in a discussion?
D. Speaker is finished talking and is ready to yield the floor to another person
25. Which of the following verbal cues does NOT imply that a speaker wants to keep his turn?
A. Additionally
B. Likewise
C. On the contrary
D. That’s all
26. Which of the following statements will be helpful in shifting the topic back to the original flow of the
conversation?
27. It is committed when a speaker is not able to fulfill his or her purpose because he or she was interrupted
by a participant who wants to take the floor.
B. Overlapping
D. Dead Air
28. It is committed when the speaker refuses to yield the floor to another participant who wants to join the
discussion.
B. Overlapping
D. Dead Air
A. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody wants to join the discussion but the speaker ignores
him
B. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody takes over his turn
C. While the speaker is talking, someone interrupts him and he is not able to fulfill his purpose
D. While the speaker is talking, he suddenly stops and gives his turn to another participant