Communication Skills Worksheet: Email Manners

Interview skills lesson 4: Email manners · Set 407 · 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) replying within a day (c) emojis to a principal (d) short paragraphs
2. 2.📧 Which part of an email is this? Dear Principal, (a) the subject line (b) the sign-off (c) the greeting (d) the main message
3. 3.📎 You attached your résumé. What should the email say? (a) your password (b) that a file is attached (c) nothing about it (d) only “see”
4. 4.✅ Before you press Send, what should you do? (a) read it once more (b) add ten emojis (c) nothing (d) delete the subject
5. 5.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) forgetting the file (b) one huge paragraph (c) no name at the end (d) a clear subject line
6. 6.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) replying within a day (b) forgetting the file (c) a clear subject line (d) checking spelling
7. 7.📧 Good or poor email habit: short paragraphs? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
8. 8.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: your full name or the sign-off? (a) your full name (b) the sign-off
9. 9.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: your full name or why you are writing? (a) your full name (b) why you are writing
10. 10.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: your full name or the subject line? (a) your full name (b) the subject line
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the file (b) a polite greeting (c) a silly email ID (d) no name at the end
12. 12.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) no name at the end (b) emojis to a principal (c) checking spelling (d) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
13. 13.📧 Which part of an email is this? Please find my résumé attached for the summer internship. (a) the main message (b) the subject line (c) the sign-off (d) the greeting
14. 14.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Request for a bonafide certificate (a) the greeting (b) the main message (c) the subject line (d) the sign-off
15. 15.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the sign-off or the details? (a) the sign-off (b) the details
16. 16.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a polite greeting (b) short paragraphs (c) a silly email ID (d) naming the attachment
17. 17.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: why you are writing or the details? (a) why you are writing (b) the details
18. 18.📧 Good or poor email habit: replying within a day? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
19. 19.📧 Which email ID is best for applications? (a) a funny nickname (b) a gaming handle (c) one based on your name (d) your pet’s nickname
20. 20.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the sign-off or a polite thank-you line? (a) the sign-off (b) a polite thank-you line
21. 21.📧 Good or poor email habit: a clear subject line? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
22. 22.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) a polite greeting (c) forgetting the file (d) a silly email ID
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no name at the end (b) short paragraphs (c) a sensible email ID (d) a clear subject line
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) forgetting the file (c) text-message spelling (d) a clear subject line
25. 25.🏫 How should you write to a principal you have never met? (a) like a text to a friend (b) in all capitals (c) with many emojis (d) formally and briefly
26. 26.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the greeting or the details? (a) the greeting (b) the details
27. 27.📧 Good or poor email habit: checking spelling? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
28. 28.📧 Good or poor email habit: forgetting the file? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
29. 29.📧 Which part of an email is this? Yours sincerely, (a) the subject line (b) the sign-off (c) the main message (d) the greeting
30. 30.📧 What should the subject line do? (a) say hello (b) sum up the email (c) be left blank (d) be a joke
31. 31.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the sign-off or why you are writing? (a) the sign-off (b) why you are writing
32. 32.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the details or why you are writing? (a) the details (b) why you are writing
33. 33.📧 Which part of an email is this? Thank you and regards, (a) the subject line (b) the main message (c) the sign-off (d) the greeting
34. 34.📧 Good or poor email habit: a polite greeting? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no subject line (b) no name at the end (c) one huge paragraph (d) short paragraphs
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the file (b) naming the attachment (c) replying within a day (d) a clear subject line
37. 37.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the details or the subject line? (a) the details (b) the subject line
38. 38.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: your full name or a polite thank-you line? (a) your full name (b) a polite thank-you line
39. 39.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a clear subject line (b) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (c) signing with your name (d) a polite greeting
40. 40.📧 Which part of an email is this? Dear Ms Sharma, (a) the main message (b) the subject line (c) the sign-off (d) the greeting

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