How many emails do you send a day? Do you know how an email gets to its destination? In this exercise you’ll find out about this technical process. As you move through the exercise, you’ll see pairs of sentences. Decide which sentence in the pair is correct. Hint: The verb in each sentence has been bolded.
Click on the button next to the letter of the sentence (A or B) that shows correct subject-verb agreement.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
The ability to send messages to recipients on other computers was the breakthrough that allowed the first email to be sent in 1971.
The ability to send messages to recipients on other computers were the breakthrough that allowed the first email to be sent in 1971.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
The @ (pronounced “at”) sign, along with the information that follows it, designates the receiving machine of the email.
The @ (pronounced “at”) sign, along with the information that follows it, designate the receiving machine of the email.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
An email, which may or may not include attachments, is basically a simple text message.
An email, which may or may not include attachments, are basically a simple text message.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
An attachment, which could be a word processing document, a sound file or a photo, has to be encoded and decoded to accompany the email.
An attachment, which could be a word processing document, a sound file or a photo, have to be encoded and decoded to accompany the email.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
Microsoft Outlook, like Eudora and Pegasus, is an example of an email client.
Microsoft Outlook, like Eudora and Pegasus, are an example of an email client.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
People using free email services like Hotmail or Yahoo accesses their email client via a webpage.
People using free email services like Hotmail or Yahoo access their email client via a webpage.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
One of the many things an email client does for you is display all the messages that you have in your mailbox.
One of the many things an email client do for you are display all the messages that you have in your mailbox.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
Email servers, as well as telnet servers, Web servers, and FTP servers, is always running, just waiting for a person or program to make contact with them.
Email servers, as well as telnet servers, Web servers, and FTP servers, are always running, just waiting for a person or program to make contact with them.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
When you send an email, the name of the email’s recipient, together with the name of the sender and other information, passes from the your email client to your email server.
When you send an email, the name of the email’s recipient, together with the name of the sender and other information, pass from the your email client to your email server.
Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
An SMTP server, accompanied by either a POP3 server or an IMAP server, runs on a server machine to process outgoing and incoming email.
An SMTP server, accompanied by either a POP3 server or an IMAP server, run on a server machine to process outgoing and incoming email.
