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.True or false: “a shrug” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) a letter to Nani (c) chatting with a friend (d) a picture timetable
- 5.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) go (c) stop (d) turn left
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) answering aloud in class (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a bar chart
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) crossing your arms (c) a wave goodbye (d) a thumbs-up
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) a speech in assembly
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) nodding your head (c) a traffic light (d) an email
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) asking the way aloud (d) a notice on the board
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) a smile (d) a speech in assembly
- 17.True or false: “a note in the diary” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a letter to Nani (c) a map (d) a note in the diary
- 20.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a thumbs-up
- 22.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) talking on the phone (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a bar chart
- 28.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a birthday card message
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a map (c) a thumbs-up (d) asking the way aloud
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a map (b) a birthday card message (c) a smile (d) a traffic light
- 32.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a thumbs-up (c) a text message (d) a wave goodbye
- 35.True or false: “crossing your arms” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) charts need no data (d) it looks longer
- 37.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a frown (c) crossing your arms (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a bar chart (c) a notice on the board (d) a note in the diary
Answer key
- False
- False
- verbal communication
- a letter to Nani
- stop
- a frown
- visual
- a picture timetable
- visual
- a speech in assembly
- a traffic light
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- a notice on the board
- written
- a smile
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- True
- talking on the phone
- True
- False
- False
- non-verbal
- written
- talking on the phone
- visual
- a birthday card message
- a thumbs-up
- a smile
- True
- non-verbal
- a text message
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- True
- False
- asking the way aloud
- a bar chart
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