PRESUPPOSITION & ENTAILMENT

Question 1.

A presupposition is something the speaker assumes to be the case _____ to make an utterance.

• A. prior

• B. after

• C. following

• D. during

Fill ONE word or A number in this sentence.

Question 2: There are ______ types of presupposition.

Question 3. Which of the following is NOT a type of presupposition?

• A. Factive presupposition
  

• B. Existential presupposition

• C. Conversational presupposition

• D. Structural presupposition

Question 4. Which of these verbs is a typical factive verb that triggers presupposition?

• A. Think

• B. Want

• C. Hope

• D. Know

Question 5. Both sentences and speakers have entailments. TRUE OR FALSE?

• A. TRUE

• B. FALSE

Question 6. Which of the following verbs doesn't NOT a typical non- factive verb that triggers presupposition?

• A. dream

• B. pretend

• C. imagine

• D. stop

Question 7. Which sentence entails "Jack owns a pet"?

• A. "Jack has a dog."

• 
  B. "Jack likes pets."

• C. "Jack wants to own a pet."
  

• D. "Jack might buy a pet."

Question 8. What is a characteristic of presuppositions?

• A. They disappear when the sentence is negated.

• B. They remain constant under negation.

• C. They always express new information.

• D. They are always explicitly stated.

Question 9. The sentence "I regret telling the truth" presupposes that:

• A. I told the truth.
  

• B. I lied.

• C. I did not tell the truth.

• D. I am happy with my decision.

Question 10. What happens when an entailment is negated?

• A. The truth relationship is reversed
  

• B. The entailment remains valid.

• C. The entailment is canceled.

• D. The entailment becomes a presupposition.