Unit 4.2 Electronic mail (e-mail)

Until about ------ years ago, the postal service was the only way for most people to send letters.

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

E-mail means __________ mail.

Text messages can be also called Short Message Service (SMS).

• TRUE

• FALSE

The text message is then received by the other person on his or her ----------- .

• mobile phone

• calculator

• compass

• telephone

Although text messages are usually short messages, you can add photographs, videos or --------- content to them.

Doctors, dentists and hairdresers send text messages to remind us that we have an ___________.

Unlike text messaging, e-mail can be used to send letters or ------- messages.

• shorter

• longer

__________ can be added to the e-mail which may include scanned images, photos, videos, Word files and other larger documents.

With instant messaging, you can use the Intranet to have a real-time text conversation with someone in another country.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An ----------- computer programmer called Raymond Tomlinson sent the world’s first ever e-mail message (to himself) in 1971.

• Australian

• English

• American

• Italian