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Implicatures

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Is there an implicature in this conversation?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

According to the answer from the girl Karl is:

a)

An excellent philosopher.

b)

He is a very good writer of philosophy.

c)

Karl is not a good philosopher.

3.

According to the information, choose the correct answer:

a)

Sally won't be at the meeting.

b)

Sally doesn't want to go to the meeting

c)

Sally doesn't know about the meeting.

4.

According to the answer of the girl we can say that:

a)

She is thinking of going to the party.

b)

She won't go to the party.

5.

According to the information, choose the correct answer:

a)

Pigs can also fly.

b)

It is difficult for him to win the lottery.

c)

Winning the lottery and letting the pigs fly may be possible.

6.

What about these two girls?

a)

She really wants to be prepared for a funeral.

b)

The question annoys her and she just wants to avoid it or to stop asking the same thing every time.

c)

The pink girl is concerned about why she is always in black

7.

Which maxim is violated in this conversation?

a)

Quality

b)

Relevance

c)

Quantity

8.

According to the image the implicature is:

a)

Ana is a very tall woman

b)

The man is interested in Ana.

c)

The man does not want to go out with Ana.

9.

The utterance conventionally implies that:

a)

Kevin is very ethical and everyone knows it.

b)

Kevin is unethical but even he knows something is unethical.

c)

Kevin is so ethical that he knows something is unethical.

10.

What implicature can we find in this conversation?

a)

Until Juan goes to the bank, he cannot pay the money.

b)

Juan didn't want to pay him.

c)

Juan will return the money when he goes to the bank.

11.

What do you think of the previous conversation

a)

.Roberto got excellent grades in school.

b)

Roberto is a very bad student because he always gets very bad grades.

c)

Roberto tries hard not to get bad grades.

12.

What type of implicature is there in this conversation?

a)

Conventional

b)

Conversational

13.

Is this a generalized conversational implicature?

a)

Yes

b)

No