TEFL Business English Worksheets

Worksheet 1 Name……………………………………………..

DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO BE USED FOR LESSON DATED 01/03/2022
Choose one per question and tick your answer
Question 1:
What does Cc stand for on an email?
Blind carbon copy
Centre copy
Carbon copy
Copied clients

Question 2:
What should a subject line of an email look like?
Short and attention-getting
Full of acronyms
Long and explanatory
Familiar and friendly

Question 3:
What are the two options for responding to an email?
Send and Bcc
Signature and digital signature
Cc and Bcc
Reply and reply all

Question 4:
Which ending will you not use in a formal email?
Kind regards
Yours Sincerely
Love you lots
Best regards


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, Doc 1

Use as a guide
Basic Punctuation in full sentences

1. We have decided to call off the meeting due to a lack of interest. (Capital letter at
beginning of the sentence, full stop at the end [.])
2. They have to engage in the conversation; they must reply to their emails. (Capital
letter at beginning of the sentence, semicolon [;] to show a closer relationship
between the clauses than a period would show, full stop at the end [.])
3. You have to adhere to the terms of the meeting! (Capital letter at beginning of the
sentence, an exclamation mark [!] at the end of the sentence to express a strong
feeling.
4. She points out that they have two hours before the meeting starts. Do you
understand? (Capital letter at beginning of the sentence, a full stop at the end [.], a
question mark [?] at the end of the next sentence to indicate that the sentence is a
question)
5. Everyone must carry out his duties as indicated in the email/meeting. (Capital letter
at beginning of the sentence, a forward slash [/] to mean “or” when presenting two
alternatives, and a full stop at the end [.]
6. “You need to set up your new emails before you can use it. You must set up a 2-hour
meeting”. (Quotation marks (“ ”) to enclose the exact words used by a speaker,
capital letter at beginning of the sentence, hyphen [-] between ‘2’ and ‘hour’ to join
the two words, close the quotation marks [“ “], a full stop at the end).
7. “You have to look into the agenda items before you send it out by email,
understand?” (Quotation marks (“ ”) to enclose the exact words used by a speaker,
capital letter at beginning of the sentence, a comma [,] to indicate a pause in a
sentence, question mark [?] at the end to indicate it is a question, close the
quotation marks [“ “].
8. “I trust you are prepared to join in during the meeting as per my email.” (Quotation
marks (“ ”) to enclose the exact words used by a speaker, capital letter at beginning
of the sentence, full stop at the end, close the quotation marks [“ “].
9. All the employees depend on me for the success of this event, according to the
manager’s opinion when he said, ‘I know you can’. (Capital letter at beginning of the
sentence, comma [,] to indicate a pause in a sentence, apostrophe [‘] to show
possession, single quotation marks [‘ ‘] to mark the beginning and end of direct
speech (i.e. a speaker’s words written down exactly as they were spoken), close the
single quotation mark [‘ ‘] a full stop at the end).
10. They follow up on the status to gather further information about the following: date,
time, venue. (Capital letter at beginning of the sentence, a colon [:] to be used after
a word introducing an example, comma [,] to indicate a pause in a sentence, full stop
at the end)