REVIEW FOR THE FINAL EXAM

I. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN THE FOLLOWING UTTERANCES? (1 mark)

3. B wouldn’t drive a TOYOTA.

4. B isn’t coming out for a pint tonight.
5. Manchester United didn’t play well this afternoon.
6. It’s dangerous to tell those young thugs to stop smoking in this compartment.

II.

WHAT KIND OF SPEECH ACT IS PERFORMED THROUGH MAKING EACH OF THE

FOLLOWING UTTERANCES? (2marks)

1. “Forgive her if you can.” à DIRECTIVE

2. “You are off on Wednesday because of a strike.” à REPRESENTATIVE
3. “I beg you not to take any risks.” à DIRECTIVE
4. “I named this dog Lou.” à DECLARATIVE
5. “There is a petrol station on the corner. à REPRESENTATIVE
 6. “Give me money or you’ll die.” à DIRECTIVE
7. “You’re fired.” à DECLARATIVE
8. “We find the defendant guilty.”à DECLARATIVE
9. “I’ll take you to the movies tomorrow.” à COMMISSIVE
10. “I declare war on the country.” à DECLARATIVE
11. “She is a gorgeous and elegant woman.” à REPRESENTATIVE
12. “Could you tell me when the movie starts? à ROGATIVE
13. “You should listen to your father before you make up your mind.” à DIRECTIVE
14. “That’s all for today.” àDECLARATIVE
15. “He denied all the evidence of the case.” à REPRESENTATIVE
16. “I’ll be back.” à COMMISSIVE
III. IDENTIFY THE PRESUPPOSITION(S) IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
UTTERANCES.
1. Pigs don’t have wings.
2. Jim crashed the car.
3. Alice loved someone.
4. Someone loved Harry.
5. The minister had a secretary, and the memo was leaked to the press. / and the
secretary leaked the memo to the press.
6. Mr. Singleton stopped drinking stout for a while.
7. Someone discovered America in 1492.
8. The minors were drinking.
She could have completed the course. à She didn’t complete the course.
IV. CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING PAIRS AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANTONYMS (B,
R, G) AND MULTIPLE INCOMPATIBILITY (M) 1 điểm

1. If A Father – mother M
2. Violin – drum M
3. Grandparent – grandchild R
4. Beautiful – ugly G
5. Present – absent B
6. Happy – sad G
 7. More expensive – cheaper R
8. Diamond – ruby M
9. Own – belong to R
10. In front of – behind R
11. Uncle – aunt M
12. Spring – summer M
13. Dead – alive B
14.
is more expensive than B, then B is cheaper than A.
V. Write your own 2 pairs of sentences with the same propositions and 2 pairs with
different propositions

IF ONLINE – WE HAVE 2 MORE SECTIONS

Identify each of the following sentences as analytic (A), synthetic (S), or contradiction (C).
(2 marks)
1. All elephants are animals. à A
2. Cats are animals. à A
3. Bachelors are unmarried. à A
4. Cats never live more than 20 years. à S
5. Bachelors cannot form lasting relationships. à S
6. Cats are not vegetables. àA
7. Bachelors are male. à A
8. No cats like to bathe. à S
9. Bachelors are lonely. à S
10. John’s brother is 9 years old. à S
11. John’s nine-year-old brother is a boy. à A
12. A girl is her father’s mother. à C
13. Sam’s wife is not German. à S
14. John killed Ben, who was alive for a month.à C
15. My watch is a device for telling the time. à A
16. Children wear hats. à S
17. The table in the kitchen is round. à S
18. Sam’s wife is married. à A
19. My watch is slow. àS

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that is an ENTAILMENT of the
sentence printed before it. (=> is used to show one-way entailment and ó to show two-way
entailment). (1 mark)
1. Mary saw a bus.
 Mary saw a vehicle.
2. The plane was above the tree.
ó The tree was below the plane.
3. Jim is Mary’s father.
ó Mary is Jim’s daughter.
4. Daisy caught a trout.
 Daisy caught a fish.