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Communication Skills Worksheet: Email Manners

Interview skills lesson 4: Email manners · Set 746 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. forgetting the file
  2. one based on your name
  3. a polite thank-you line
  4. sum up the email
  5. the details
  6. the details
  7. a polite greeting
  8. naming the attachment
  9. the subject line
  10. the subject line
  11. the main message
  12. the main message
  13. a clear subject line
  14. the sign-off
  15. text-message spelling
  16. the subject line
  17. a poor email habit
  18. the greeting
  19. a poor email habit
  20. a good email habit
  21. replying within a day
  22. a good email habit
  23. checking spelling
  24. a sensible email ID
  25. a polite greeting
  26. the greeting
  27. the sign-off
  28. a poor email habit
  29. a good email habit
  30. the sign-off
  31. naming the attachment
  32. that a file is attached
  33. the details
  34. the sign-off
  35. a good email habit
  36. formally and briefly
  37. no subject line
  38. no subject line
  39. the greeting
  40. read it once more

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