Communication Skills Worksheet: Email Manners

Interview skills lesson 4: Email manners · Set 277 · 40 questions

Tip (Subject to signature): Order: subject line → greeting → why you are writing → details → a polite thank-you line → sign-off → your full name. Good habits: a clear subject, short paragraphs, checked spelling, a named attachment, an email ID based on your name. Poor habits: no subject, ALL CAPITALS, emojis to a principal, text-message spelling, one huge paragraph, no name at the end. Follow up politely after a few working days.

1. 1.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) signing with your name (b) emojis to a principal (c) a sensible email ID (d) replying within a day
2. 2.📧 Good or poor email habit: ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
3. 3.📧 Good or poor email habit: text-message spelling? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
4. 4.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) no subject line (b) no name at the end (c) checking spelling (d) forgetting the file
5. 5.📧 Good or poor email habit: a sensible email ID? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
6. 6.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) checking spelling (b) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (c) naming the attachment (d) a clear subject line
7. 7.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: a polite thank-you line or why you are writing? (a) a polite thank-you line (b) why you are writing
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge paragraph (b) signing with your name (c) a silly email ID (d) no name at the end
9. 9.📧 Good or poor email habit: a silly email ID? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
10. 10.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: why you are writing or a polite thank-you line? (a) why you are writing (b) a polite thank-you line
11. 11.📧 Which email ID is best for applications? (a) one based on your name (b) a funny nickname (c) your pet’s nickname (d) a gaming handle
12. 12.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the details or the greeting? (a) the details (b) the greeting
13. 13.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Request for a bonafide certificate (a) the main message (b) the sign-off (c) the subject line (d) the greeting
14. 14.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) no name at the end (b) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (c) replying within a day (d) forgetting the file
15. 15.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Leave application for 12 March (a) the greeting (b) the subject line (c) the main message (d) the sign-off
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) naming the attachment (b) emojis to a principal (c) a clear subject line (d) replying within a day
17. 17.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a clear subject line (b) signing with your name (c) a sensible email ID (d) forgetting the file
18. 18.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) emojis to a principal (b) a sensible email ID (c) no name at the end (d) one huge paragraph
19. 19.📧 Which part of an email is this? Dear Principal, (a) the main message (b) the subject line (c) the sign-off (d) the greeting
20. 20.📧 What should the subject line do? (a) be a joke (b) be left blank (c) say hello (d) sum up the email
21. 21.📧 Which part of an email is this? With thanks, (a) the sign-off (b) the main message (c) the greeting (d) the subject line
22. 22.📧 Which part of an email is this? Thank you and regards, (a) the subject line (b) the greeting (c) the main message (d) the sign-off
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a silly email ID (b) text-message spelling (c) forgetting the file (d) a polite greeting
24. 24.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: your full name or the greeting? (a) your full name (b) the greeting
25. 25.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: why you are writing or the details? (a) why you are writing (b) the details
26. 26.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a silly email ID (b) checking spelling (c) a polite greeting (d) naming the attachment
27. 27.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) emojis to a principal (c) no subject line (d) a clear subject line
28. 28.📎 You attached your résumé. What should the email say? (a) only “see” (b) nothing about it (c) that a file is attached (d) your password
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the file (b) text-message spelling (c) no subject line (d) a clear subject line
30. 30.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: a polite thank-you line or your full name? (a) a polite thank-you line (b) your full name
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) replying within a day (b) no subject line (c) no name at the end (d) forgetting the file
32. 32.📧 Good or poor email habit: emojis to a principal? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
33. 33.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the subject line or the details? (a) the subject line (b) the details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) a clear subject line (c) checking spelling (d) a polite greeting
35. 35.📧 Good or poor email habit: naming the attachment? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
36. 36.📧 Good or poor email habit: forgetting the file? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no subject line (b) one huge paragraph (c) naming the attachment (d) a silly email ID
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) replying within a day (b) a silly email ID (c) short paragraphs (d) a polite greeting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) emojis to a principal (c) text-message spelling (d) a sensible email ID
40. 40.🏫 How should you write to a principal you have never met? (a) in all capitals (b) formally and briefly (c) with many emojis (d) like a text to a friend

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