How to Create Yahoo! Mail Account

1. Open and Sign up in the Yahoo website

In the web tab, you can type in: yahoo.com. And you can see the following picture. Click Yahoo! Mail link in the My Favorites tab.

The Windows will show you the Yahoo! Mail site. And click to the Sign up for Yahoo! To start make an account.



2. Enter your personal information for making your Yahoo email address

In the first "Tell us about yourself" section, you are required to type in your first and last name, select your gender, birthday and your location and enter the postal or zip code of your location. The country in which you reside would most likely be selected in the drop down menu because this information is conveyed by your computer to Yahoo! Make sure that all information you enter is correct else, you shall be in breach of the Yahoo! Terms of Service (to quote - "provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself").

the country you reside in will already be selected. If not, choose it from the drop menu

3. Select an ID which shall be a part of your email address

An email address needs to be unique, i.e. no two people on the planet can have the same email address. And all email addresses have the format someone@somewhere. The someone part is referred to as the ID while what follows the at (@) sign is the domain.

Before you rush and type in an ID, I suggest you first select the domain because Yahoo! offers three (at the time of writing). The first and most common is yahoo.com. This may be replaced by a country specific domain such as yahoo.co.uk (for United Kingdom) or yahoo.co.in (for India) etc. The other two domains are ymail.com and rocketmail.com. Selecting a domain name from Yahoo! is entirely up to you and if you want to spend some time on it... go ahead. Remember, the domain name will be a part of your address and you cannot change it once you make Yahoo email address.

Now comes the interesting part - choosing an ID for your Yahoo! email address. Since the ID is a part of your email address, you cannot change it later. It's the ID that makes your email address unique. Choosing a "good" Yahoo! email account ID is paramount - it should be easy to recall and describe you in some fashion. There is just one issue - with millions of people holding Yahoo email addresses, it is difficult (not impossible) to get an ID of choice. But this should not dishearten you. If it's the first time you are making an email address let me offer some pointers. By the way, to come to know if an ID is available you need to enter it in the text field and hit the "Check" button.

• First check if you can get an ID of your name. Try out your first name, then combinations of your first and last names. Obviously, if you have a common name, the chances of you finding an ID available are remote.
• You should try to get an email address that describes you, your work or your personality. For example, carsalesman@yahoo.com is an ideal email address for someone who sells cars.
• If your are planning to use the Yahoo email address for business purposes, an ID of your company name or brand name or even the product would be a good bet.
• Avoid having numbers in your email ID as these would be difficult to recall, unless of course, they are a part of your name (?) or your company name.
• Important: Don't give up hope quickly. Perseverance is what is required at this point in time because you once you select an ID, it will probably be with you for life (or for a long time).

Once you get the ID of choice, you need to supply a password and you have to enter it twice. The password of your email account is like a key. Do not share this with anyone. I offer my advice once again:

• Passwords need to be complex so that people cannot guess them in a few tries. Avoid using your spouse or pet's name as the password. This will definitely spell doom for you if a dedicated hacker wanted to break into your email account.
• Sprinkle in upper and lower case letters along with numbers and symbols. However, the more complex you make the password; the more difficult it will be for you to remember. So you need to note it down in your "little black book". You shall be able to recall it when you've used it a few times. But till then, make sure the place you've noted your password is away from prying eyes.
• The password strength bar lets you know if the password is weak or strong. Please take full advantage of it.

4. Security information for your account

Enter alternate email address. Chose a security question and provide the answer.

This is one section that most beginners take very lightly - YOU should not. As I mentioned above, the password of your email account is like a key and should be complex enough so that people cannot guess it in a few tries. However, one can forget complex passwords especially when they haven't been used in a while. Don't think it can't happen to you because I get tons of email each week from distressed users. The security information required in this section is a way for you retrieve the password and regain control of your email account.

The alternate email address is the ideal way to get back the old password or change it. However, if the Yahoo email address is the first one you are making, you wouldn't have a secondary email account, right? The next option is to choose a security question and provide an answer. Again, make sure that the answer is not very obvious; for example, it shouldn't be something most people know about you. Note the security question and answer with the password in your little black book.

A note about retrieving lost passwords: In the event of you forgetting the Yahoo email password, you can retrieve it by visiting the help pages. If you didn't provide an alternate email address, you shall be asked to verify your identity through your birthday and location so make sure these are indeed true.

5. Just about to make your Yahoo email address

Enter the wavy letters & numbers in the Type the code shown box. Agree to the Term of service.

Only two steps remain in making a Yahoo email address. Enter the wavy letters and numbers you see in the image and put a check mark for agreeing to the Yahoo Terms of Service. Click on the "Create my account" button when done.

If your account has been successfully, this picture will show like this.



6. Could not make Yahoo email address - Got errors?

If you got errors while making a Yahoo email address, you shall be displayed the form again and prompted to correct them. Based on m experience, the most common errors are when people forget to check the Terms of Service agreement or they enter a wrong security code (that wavy letters and numbers image).

7. Your Yahoo email account - first look

First look at the Yahoo! Email account with one email from the Yahoo! Team.
Assuming you've followed the instructions detailed on this page, your Yahoo email account will be made and ready for use. Follow the instructions and the prompts to be taken to your Inbox (the place where all your email collects). There will be an email from the Yahoo team waiting for you in the inbox. Read it, if you want or start composing and sending email messages.

How to Make Hi5 Account

Instructions
Step 1
Find the Hi5 homepage. In the upper right corner you will see a "Join" link. Click on it to start setting up your account.


Step 2
Put in your name, e-mail address and password. The site asks for your full name and the password is required to be at least five characters.


Step 3
Provide basic information for your profile. Hi5 asks for your birth date, gender, country and zip code. This information appears on your profile as gender, age and location.

Step 4
Agree to the Hi5 terms of service and privacy policy. These agreements outline any restrictions on the Hi5 social networking system. The privacy policy lets you know that the site does not release your information to a third party.

Step 5
Upload a photo of yourself. You have the option of placing a photo on your Hi5 profile. You can skip this option.


Step 6
Edit your profile. After you create your account, you can edit your profile and photo at anytime.


Tips & Warnings
While creating your profile, you can check your MSN address book for other Hi5 users. You must give the site your MSN username and password to do this.
Once you create your account, you'll be sent to a page that allows you to invite your friends to join Hi5.

How to Create E-mail Account (from google.com)

Step 1 -Open the Gmail web site
To create your Gmail account you only need a web browser - the program you are using to read this page - and an internet connection. You should now get to a page that looks something like the one below. At the time of writing Gmail offers a little over 7Gb of inbox space - though not unlimited but still more than enough to keep any prolific emailer occupied for years.



Click on the Create an account link that I have circled in the screenshot.



Step 2 - Enter all the required information in the "Create an Account" online form
After you click on the signup link, you shall be shown the Create an Account form with several fields that need your inputs.
Do not worry if the screen displayed to you and the screenshot image on the left are not exactly the same.
Now you need to start filling the form. Once you have entered your first and last names, it is time to choose a login name. This is important as your login name will decide the email address you will get, and in case of a Gmail account, would be your-chosen-login-name@gmail.com. So be sure to pick a login name, also called the username, with care.



Step 3 - How to choose a login name or username for your email address
Choosing a login name is part art and part common sense. And because it determines what your email address will be, I suggest you spend a little time over it. Since, email addresses need to be unique which means no two people in the world can have the same address, there is no guarantee that your preferred login name would be available - more on this below. The following is my advice and suggestions on how to choose a login or username.
First check if you can get a login name of your name, firstname, lastname, as firstname-lastname or the more popular, firstname.lastname (yes, the period sign can be used in a login name). You can also try out firstnamelastname. Getting a Gmail email address of your name is indeed very fortunate because of the sheer number of subscribers to the service. However, if you have a relatively uncommon name, you do stand a good chance; I don't even try this because mine is such a common name - both my first name and lastname.
Your login name needs to be catchy and at the same time describe you so people are able to recall it without much difficulty and associate it with you. For instance, if you are a docile accountant from a small town, choosing "hells-angels" as the login name would be unwise. I also advice against using numbers and digits in your login name unless, of course, they are a part of your company/business name. Again, you need to have a username that is easy to recall - you don't want people racking their brains and calling you up each time they forget your email address.
The availability of a login or user name can be verified by entering it first in the text field and hitting the check availability button.

Step 4 - Choosing a password for your email
Securing your Gmail email account with a strong> password is imperative. Think of the password as the key combination to your safe and you need to give the same amount of importance. A combination of uppercase and lowercase letters with some digits thrown in would be a strong enough password. on the right of the textfields in which you enter your password a sort of meter would indicate the strength of the password.
You need to enter the password twice and you can leave the "Remember me on this computer" box unchecked.

Step 5 - Protecting your Gmail account with a security question
You now need to either select a security question from the drop down list or enter one - and you need to provide the answer. This additional security helps in getting your email account password if you forget it.
You may also enter a secondary email address but this field is optional, i.e. you can leave it blank. And rightly so, because if the Gmail address is your first email account you will not have an alternate email ID.



Step 6 - Word verification and confirmation
After providing your secondary email address - you can leave this blank, if you don't have one - and your location, you need to enter the characters that you see in the picture above the field in your form. Why is this required? So that Gmail knows the inputs are from a human being and not some automated program.
Now that everything is set, you can go through the Terms of Service and click on the "I accept. Create my account." button which will create your very own free Gmail account! Hurrah and congratulations.
To access your Gmail account in future, you need to go to the web site (links mentioned above) using a web browser and enter your username (login name) and password once again.





Step 7 – Verify your account





Solutions to some problems in getting your Gmail email address
Here are solutions to two common problems faced by account creators:

Login names of my choice are not available
Gmail is a very popular service and it is likely that the login names you choose are no longer available. The only solution to this dilemma is to keep trying to work with different permutations and combinations and also brainstorming to come up with new ideas.

Gmail Account Creation Failed
Occasionally you might get a screen like one below that displays an "Account Creation Failed" message.

The error message is a result of Gmail's spam filters working overtime! As mentioned on the help pages, Gmail refuses to create email addresses from a computer/connection if it exceeds a defined limit. Web users trying to create a lot of addresses at once, like a class or a group, may hit this limit. This is Gmail's way of protecting itself from users who they believe will be creating email addresses for spamming. The solution is to go through the process of getting your Gmail address from another computer using a different I.S.P.

Comparing Things

FORMING THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

Number of syllables : one syllable
Comparative : + -er
Superlative : + -est
Exam: tall > taller > tallest

One syllable with the spelling consonant + single vowel + consonant: double the final consonant:
Exam :
fat > fatter > fattest
big > bigger > biggest
sad > sadder > saddest

Number of syllables : two syllables
the word ending in: -y, -ly, -ow
the word ending in: -le, -er or -ure
(these common adjectives : handsome, polite, pleasant, common, quiet, etc)
Comparative : + -er OR more + adj
Superlative : + -est OR most + adj
Exam:
happy > happier/more happy > happiest/most happy
yellow > yellower/more yellow > yellowest/most yellow
simple > simpler/more simple > simplest/most simple
tender > tenderer/more tender > tenderest/most tender

Number of syllables : three syllables or more
Comparative : more + adj
Superlative : most + adj
Exam :
important > more important > most important
expensive > more expensive > most expensive

Exam :
a. A cat is fast, a tiger is faster but a cheetah is the fastest
b. A car is heavy, a truck is heavier, but a train is the heaviest
c. A park bench is comfortable, a restaurant chair is more comfortable, but a sofa is the most comfortable


IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

These adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms:
good > better > best
bad > worse > worst
little > less > least
much > more > most
far > further / farther > furthest / farthest


COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
THE + SUPERLATIVE
'the' is placed before the superlative:
For example:
• He is the richest man in the world.
• That is the biggest crocodile I have ever seen.
• She is the tallest girl in her class.
COMPARATIVE + THAN
To compare the difference between two people, things or events.
Examples:
• Mt. Everest is higher than Mt. Blanc.
• Thailand is sunnier than Norway.
• A car is more expensive than a bicycle.
• Albert is more intelligent than Arthur.
AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
To compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference, use as + adjective + as:
• Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John.
More examples:
• Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter.
• Ramona is as happy as Raphael.
• Einstein is as famous as Darwin.
• A tiger is as dangerous as a lion.

NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Difference can also be shown by using not so/as ...as:
• Mont Blanc is not as high as Mount Everest
• Norway is not as sunny as Thailand
• A bicycle is not as expensive as a car
• Arthur is not as intelligent as Albert

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY
To show difference: more, less, fewer + than
Examples:
With countable nouns: more / fewer
• Eloise has more children than Chantal.
• Chantal has fewer children than Eloise.
• There are fewer dogs in Cardiff than in Bristol
• I have visited fewer countries than my friend has.
• He has read fewer books than she has.
With uncountable nouns: more / less
• Eloise has more money than Chantal.
• Chantal has less money than Eloise.
• I spend less time on homework than you do.
• Cats drink less water than dogs.
• This new dictionary gives more information than the old one.
So, the rule is:
MORE + nouns that are countable or uncountable
FEWER + countable nouns
LESS + uncountable nouns

To show no difference: as much as , as many as, as few as, as little as
• as many as / as few as + countable nouns
• as much as / as little as + uncountable nouns
Examples:
With countable nouns:
• They have as many children as us.
• We have as many customers as them.
• Tom has as few books as Jane.
• There are as few houses in his village as in mine.
• You know as many people as I do.
• I have visited the States as many times as he has.
With uncountable nouns:
• John eats as much food as Peter.
• Jim has as little food as Sam.
• You've heard as much news as I have.
• He's had as much success as his brother has.
• They've got as little water as we have.



EXERCISE :
Quest 1
1) Which sofa should we buy?
2) I need a new watch.
3) Which runner are you cheering for?
4) I like the blue sweater.
5) How much sugar should I add?

Quest 2
1. The Sears Tower in Chicago is (high)…. the Empire State Building in New York.
2. He is (good)…. at maths …. his brother.
3. English is (easy)…. to learn …. Chinese.
4. The river Loire is (long)…. the Seine.
5. Roses are probably (pretty)…. flowers that exist.
6. I did not like his previous film, but I think the new one is even (bad)…..
7. The days are (short)…. in winter.


Answer 1
1) This one is larger, but it is also more expensive.
2) The Classie is nicer than the Timebox ; That one is less affordable though.
3) Sammy. He's the fastest ; But Timmy is the most handsome.
4) I think the red one is better ; but the green one is the best.
5) Only a little ; That's too much!

Answer 1
1. Higher than
2. Better
3. Easier ; than
4. Longer than
5. The prettiest
6. Worse
7. Shorter

Question Tags

Use
frequently used in spoken English when you want s.o. to agree or disagree
Form
Positive statement ->question tag negative - You are Tom, aren't you?
Negative statement->question tag positive - He isn't Joe, is he?

Examples :
- with auxiliaries :
You've got a car, haven't you?
- without auxiliaries (use: don't, doesn't, didn't):
They play football on Sundays, don't they?
She plays football on Sundays, doesn't she?
They played football on Sundays, didn't they?

Questions tags are used to keep a conversation going. You can agree or refuse to a sentence with a question tag.
> You go to school, don't you?
-You agree : "Yes, I do"
-You refuse : "No, I don't"
> You aren't from Germany, are you?
-You agree : "Yes, I am"
-You refuse : "No, I'm not"



EXERCISE

Conversation 1

Duke : You didn’t have very good holiday, …. ?
Manna : No, but how do you know? Oh, I expect Jeff told you, …. ?
Duke : Yes, I met him in town last week. You went to Spain, …. ?
Manna : Yes, I like Spain, but not the weather.
Duke : That’s right, it rained all the time, …. ? And you didn’t like the hotel, …. ?
Manna : That’s right. You went to Spain last year, …. ?
Sasha : Yes, but we had a lovely time. In fact, we’ll probably go there again next year.

Conversation 2

Anna : Very hasn’t stopped smoking yet, …. ?
Basil : Not yet.
Anna : But he will stop, … ? I think he’s trying hard this time.
Basil : Yes, I gave him some advice just a few days ago. He hasn’t looked well for weeks, …. ? I told him to go and see a doctor.
Anna : Yes, he really should see a doctor, …. ? he’s running his health. But he won’t listen to advice, …. ? he always says he hasn’t got time.
Basil : Well, I’ve done my best. I can’t do any more, …. ? but I’m still worried about him. He’s overwork and he doesn’t get enough sleep.
Anna : And he look very pale. I tough he was going to fall asleep at the meeting. He couldn’t keep awake, …. ?
Basil : No, he’s been working day and night on the Osborne project.
Anna : He hadn’t even shaved this morning, …. ?
Basil : I’ll have a chat with Mr. Sony about him. That would be the best idea, …. ?
Anna : yes, he could give him a few days off, …. ?


ANSWER KEY:

Conversation 1:

Duke : You didn’t have very good holiday, did you ?
Manna : No, but how do you know? Oh, I expect Jeff told you, didn’t you ?
Duke : Yes, I met him in town last week. You went to Spain, didn’t you?
Manna : Yes, I like Spain, but not the weather.
Duke : That’s right, it rained all the time, didn’t it ? And you didn’t like the hotel, did you ?
Manna : That’s right. You went to Spain last year, didn’t you ?
Sasha : Yes, but we had a lovely time. In fact, we’ll probably go there again next year.

Conversation 2

Anna : Very hasn’t stopped smoking yet, has he ?
Basil : Not yet.
Anna : But he will stop, won’t he ? I think he’s trying hard this time.
Basil : Yes, I gave him some advice just a few days ago. He hasn’t looked well for weeks, has he ? I told him to go and see a doctor.
Anna : Yes, he really should see a doctor, shouldn’t he ? he’s running his health. But he won’t listen to advice, will he ? he always says he hasn’t got time.
Basil : Well, I’ve done my best. I can’t do any more, can I ? but I’m still worried about him. He’s overwork and he doesn’t get enough sleep.
Anna : And he look very pale. I tough he was going to fall asleep at the meeting. He couldn’t keep awake, could he ?
Basil : No, he’s been working day and night on the Osborne project.
Anna : He hadn’t even shaved this morning, had he ?
Basil : I’ll have a chat with Mr. Sony about him. That would be the best idea, wouldn’t it ?
Anna : yes, he could give him a few days off, couldn’t he ?