Match the utterances on the left to the speech act type on the right.

Question

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"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings"

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"I will help you with the assignment tomorrow"

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"I’d like to book a table for tomorrow night."

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"I sentence you to ten years in prison"

A.
Directives

B.
Declarations

C.
Commissives

D.
Expressives

Answer 1

"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings" - D. Expressives

"I will help you with the assignment tomorrow" - C. Commissives

"I’d like to book a table for tomorrow night." - A. Directives

"I sentence you to ten years in prison" - B. Declarations