NorthStar Basic/Low
Intermediate
Unit 5 : Netiquette
Prepared by:
Azza Khattab Omar
The main idea of the unit
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Email has become the best way of
communicating quickly. Because it is so fast and
easy, it is also easy to miscommunicate. There
are some rules to follow when writing emails.
Netiquette Do’s :
Keep your e-mails short.
Check your message before you send it.
Check your spelling.
Fill in the subject for each e-mail.
Include your “signature” at the end of every
message.
The main idea of the unit
Netiquette Don’ts:
 Don’t use all capital letters.
 Don’t send everyone a copy when you
only want to send a message to one
person.
 Don’t send e-mails when you are angry or
upset.
 Don’t think e-mail is private.
If you follow the following instructions
( rules) , you will communicate clearly.
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Vocabulary
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Calm (adj): quiet
Upset (adj) : angry
Rude (adj): not polite
– behaving in a bad way
Polite (adj): behaving in a proper
way
Reply (v)(n): answer
Organize (v): arrange
Subject (n) : topic
Receive (v) : get
Communicate (v): be in contact with
Private (adj): concerns one person or a group of people
X public
More vocabulary
 Boring
(adj): not interesting
 Embarrassed(adj):not feeling at ease
 Communicate (v) X miscommunicate
 Organized (adj) X unorganized
 Polite (adj0 X rude ( impolite )
Prefixes
A prefix is a group of letters added at the beginning of a word to change
its meaning.
 Examples of prefixes:
co – mis – re – tri – un
Un : not
Unhappy – unhealthy – unpaid
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Tri : three
Trilingual – triangles – tricycle
Co : with
Co-worker – co-pilot – cooperate
Re: again
Review – re-open – rewrite
Mis: not in a correct way
Miscommunicate – misunderstand – misbehave – misspell
Punctuation marks
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. Period :
used at the end of sentences or as part of a number.
She went to school yesterday.
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Comma :
To separate parts of a sentence or( listing)
When he finished his work, he went home.
I bought a pen, a book, a rubber, and a ruler.
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In numbers to help us read the number
9,999 - 1,200,000
More punctuation marks
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Question mark: ?
used to end a question
Where are you going now?
Colon : ( : )
Used to introduce a list. If it has long items.
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Most e-mail programs offer lots of tools,
which include: reply buttons, spell check,
attachment capacity, address books, and
cc buttons.
More punctuation marks
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Semicolon: ( ; )
used instead of a period if two sentences are very closely
related.
In 1971, ray Tomlinson wrote the first e-mail message; by
2001, 9.8 billion e-mail messages were being sent a day.
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Quotation marks: ( “ ” )
Used to report exactly what someone said.
He said,” I will come later.”
Used around new words or expressions that the reader
might not understand
One way is to use what are called “emoticons”.
More punctuation marks
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Apostrophe ( ‘ )
used in contractions
isn’t– aren’t – he’s working – I’m not
used in possession
Hoda’s book – Peter’s house – the students’ bags.
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Parentheses : ( )
used around information that helps explain something
Often we are sent messages as a cc ( carbon copy – the old way
for a copy of a letter )
Exclamation point : ( ! )
used to end a sentence which shows a lot of feelings.
How nice you are today!
Grammar ( Gerunds / Infinitives )
The gerund is an incomplete verb +ing
coming – walking – working – eating – reading …….
 Verbs which are followed by gerunds
enjoy – keep
He enjoys watching TV.
They keep working until 6 everyday.
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Infinitives are verbs with no endings
see – look – watch – move – drive …….
Verbs which are followed by to + infinitive
want – need
I want to go shopping . / He needs to exercise.
Some verbs can be followed by either gerunds or infinitives
like – love – hate – dislike – prefer
I like reading books. / I like to read books.
Review exercises
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Choose the correct answers :
1- You look very ………………………What’s wrong with you?
a) easy
b) upset
c) delighted
d) exciting
2- It’s rude to disrespect old people. ( The underlined word can be replaced
with……………)
a) polite
b) not polite
c) impolite
d) Both b and c
3- What is the subject of your research project ? ( The underlined word means
…………)
a) the reason of the research
b) the topic of the research
c) the researcher
d) the examples in the research
4- They organized a meeting between the teachers and students.
( The underlined word can be best replaced by ………………..)
a) communicated
b) calmed
c) arranged
d) took
5- Let's go somewhere private so we can talk freely. The opposite of the underlined
word is ………
a) happy
b) polite
c) public
d) rude
6- “Netiquette” means ……………………………….
a) everyday etiquette
b) network etiquette
c) business etiquette
d) speaking etiquette
More exercises
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Choose the correct answers:
1- When you finish a sentence , you should put ……………….
a) a comma
b) a full stop
c) a period
d) Both b and c
2- A ……………can be used instead of a period if two statements are very
closely related.
a) apostrophe
b) colon
c) semicolon
d) quotation mark
3- Sentences with a lot of feelings at the end have …………………….
a) periods
b) exclamation points
c) commas
d) none of the punctuation marks
4- ………………………are used to show possession and they are also used in
contractions.
a) Periods
b) Apostrophes
c) Question marks
d) Colons
5- To end a question , you must use a …………………………..
a) quotation marks
b) question mark
c) period
d) semicolon
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6- my shopping list always includes a bottle of shampoo two bars
of soap hair conditioner and baby
oil ( Punctuate )
a) my shopping list always includes a bottle of
shampoo two bars of soap hair conditioner and
baby oil.
b) My shopping list always includes a bottle of
shampoo two bars of soap hair conditioner and
baby oil.
c) My shopping list always includes: a bottle of
shampoo, two bars of soap, hair conditioner,
and baby oil.
d) My shopping list always includes : a bottle of
shampoo two bars of soap hair conditioner
and baby oil.