Communication Skills Worksheet: Email Manners

Interview skills lesson 4: Email manners · Set 703 · 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) a clear subject line (c) a silly email ID (d) short paragraphs
2. 2.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Internship application – Ananya Rao (a) the main message (b) the sign-off (c) the subject line (d) the greeting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible email ID (b) signing with your name (c) replying within a day (d) forgetting the file
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible email ID (b) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (c) replying within a day (d) signing with your name
5. 5.📧 What should the subject line do? (a) be a joke (b) be left blank (c) sum up the email (d) say hello
6. 6.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the greeting or why you are writing? (a) the greeting (b) why you are writing
7. 7.📧 Which email ID is best for applications? (a) your pet’s nickname (b) a gaming handle (c) one based on your name (d) a funny nickname
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.📧 Which part of an email is this? Dear Ms Sharma, (a) the subject line (b) the sign-off (c) the main message (d) the greeting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) emojis to a principal (b) text-message spelling (c) a silly email ID (d) a clear subject line
11. 11.📧 Good or poor email habit: a clear subject line? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
12. 12.📧 Which part of an email is this? Dear Principal, (a) the sign-off (b) the greeting (c) the main message (d) the subject line
13. 13.🏫 How should you write to a principal you have never met? (a) with many emojis (b) in all capitals (c) formally and briefly (d) like a text to a friend
14. 14.📧 Good or poor email habit: ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
15. 15.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a polite greeting (b) signing with your name (c) emojis to a principal (d) replying within a day
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a polite greeting (b) checking spelling (c) emojis to a principal (d) a clear subject line
17. 17.📧 Good or poor email habit: one huge paragraph? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
18. 18.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the subject line or why you are writing? (a) the subject line (b) why you are writing
19. 19.📧 Good or poor email habit: no name at the end? (a) a good email habit (b) a poor email habit
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.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Query about Class 11 admission (a) the main message (b) the subject line (c) the sign-off (d) the greeting
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the file (b) signing with your name (c) one huge paragraph (d) text-message spelling
23. 23.📧 Which part of an email is this? Please find my résumé attached for the summer internship. (a) the greeting (b) the sign-off (c) the subject line (d) the main message
24. 24.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) replying within a day (b) signing with your name (c) short paragraphs (d) one huge paragraph
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a polite greeting (b) a clear subject line (c) no name at the end (d) checking spelling
26. 26.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the sign-off or why you are writing? (a) the sign-off (b) why you are writing
27. 27.📧 Good or poor email habit: a sensible email ID? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
28. 28.📧 Good or poor email habit: a polite greeting? (a) a poor email habit (b) a good email habit
29. 29.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) one huge paragraph (b) replying within a day (c) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (d) no subject line
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no name at the end (b) naming the attachment (c) text-message spelling (d) emojis to a principal
31. 31.📧 Which part of an email is this? I am writing to ask about the last date for the scholarship form. (a) the subject line (b) the sign-off (c) the greeting (d) the main message
32. 32.Which of these is a good email habit? (a) ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (b) checking spelling (c) text-message spelling (d) one huge paragraph
33. 33.Which of these is a poor email habit? (a) a sensible email ID (b) signing with your name (c) short paragraphs (d) text-message spelling
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) signing with your name (b) a sensible email ID (c) text-message spelling (d) a clear subject line
35. 35.✅ Before you press Send, what should you do? (a) add ten emojis (b) nothing (c) delete the subject (d) read it once more
36. 36.📧 Which part of an email is this? Regards, (a) the main message (b) the sign-off (c) the greeting (d) the subject line
37. 37.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: why you are writing or the subject line? (a) why you are writing (b) the subject line
38. 38.📧 Which part of an email is this? Subject: Request for a bonafide certificate (a) the greeting (b) the sign-off (c) the subject line (d) the main message
39. 39.📧 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
40. 40.📧 In a polite email, which comes first: the greeting or the details? (a) the greeting (b) the details

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