Types of Communication Worksheet
Communication tip (Ask how the message travels): Verbal (spoken): talking on the phone, answering aloud in class, telling a story aloud, a speech in assembly. Non-verbal: a smile, a thumbs-up, nodding your head, a frown, crossing your arms, a shrug. Written: a letter, a text message, a note in the diary, an email, a notice on the board. Visual: a map, a bar chart, a traffic light, a diagram of a plant, a no-entry symbol, a picture timetable.
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- 1.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a wave goodbye (c) crossing your arms (d) a bar chart
- 2.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) asking the way aloud (c) a bar chart (d) chatting with a friend
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 6.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a bar chart
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) an email (c) a map (d) nodding your head
- 10.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 11.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) stop (c) go (d) hurry up
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) a thumbs-up (c) talking on the phone (d) a frown
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) asking the way aloud (c) a frown (d) a note in the diary
- 15.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a text message (d) a wave goodbye
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 19.True or false: “a frown” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a speech in assembly (c) nodding your head (d) telling a story aloud
- 21.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) chatting with a friend (c) a notice on the board (d) answering aloud in class
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a frown (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a shrug
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 26.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a traffic light (c) a text message (d) crossing your arms
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a smile (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a notice on the board
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a map
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 31.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) it is always faster (c) nobody can read it (d) you can read it again
- 32.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) answering aloud in class (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) an email (c) a picture timetable (d) a letter to Nani
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 36.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a birthday card message (c) telling a story aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 38.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 40.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a bar chart
- False
- written
- a bar chart
- non-verbal
- True
- chatting with a friend
- spoken (verbal)
- nodding your head
- non-verbal
- stop
- written
- talking on the phone
- a picture timetable
- True
- a wave goodbye
- visual
- written
- False
- a traffic light
- numbers are easy to see
- a notice on the board
- a no-entry symbol
- non-verbal
- written
- False
- crossing your arms
- a smile
- asking the way aloud
- nodding your head
- you can read it again
- True
- a notice on the board
- a picture timetable
- visual
- verbal communication
- a birthday card message
- False
- written
- True
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